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CCC opposes law requiring schools to highlight gays' role
Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:16
Against opposition from state Catholic officials, California has become the first state in the nation to require its public school social studies texts to specifically include the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.
The law also prohibits the state Board of Education from adopting instructional materials that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco, July 14.
The law also prohibits the state Board of Education from adopting instructional materials that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco, July 14.
Writing to prisoners, Part II: From fear to commitment
Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:56
Fears and stereotypes kept Jeanne Pieper and Paul McMahon away from the ministry to the incarcerated, despite being raised by devout Catholic parents and educated in Catholic schools with a hands-on approach to Catholic social teachings, namely social justice.Later in their lives, a series of events led them to prison ministry with both of them developing their own style of what could be called a “writing” ministry. This week’s article, the second and last part of a series (Part I appeared July 1), features Paul McMahon.
Diego’s journey: From Watts to the Ivy League
Thursday, 14 July 2011 16:00
“I looked at it in our mailbox after getting home from school, and it was really curious at first,” recalls Diego Morales, sipping a drink at a Starbucks in Downey. “And then I saw it was from Gates, and I was like: ‘Oh, I know exactly what this is.’ I didn’t have to open it. It was a big package and it was late spring. LMU study shines spotlight on inner-city Catholic schools
Thursday, 14 July 2011 16:00
In the second phase of a longitudinal study examining the impact Catholic schools have on minority and disadvantaged students, researchers at Loyola Marymount University School of Education found that local Catholic schools better prepare these normally underserved students than their public school counterparts. Father, son to be invested as ‘Knights’ in ancient Order
Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:25
Moving its annual investiture ceremony to the west coast for the first time, The United States Delegation of The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George and the Royal Order of Francis I will receive new members during a public concelebrated Mass with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Archbishop José Gomez at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels July 16 at 3 p.m.
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