Friday, February 02, 2024
Dream Teams: New school advisory board model proving vital to Catholic school success

“What a school advisory board does is take a panoramic view of what’s going on in the school, particularly in areas where there are challenges, and ask, how can we… Read More

Friday, February 02, 2024
St. Clare Institute: Ensuring academic excellence for students with learning differences

Serving a diverse range of students with excellence is a hallmark of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Saturday, July 01, 2023
Religious Freedom & Parental Rights in Education

By Ryan Mayer, Director Catholic Identity Assessment & Formation, Archdiocese of San Francisco Selected Quotations “The fecundity of conjugal love cannot be reduced solely to the procreation of children, but… Read More

Saturday, July 01, 2023
Experts: Parents Rights are key religious freedom, cornerstone of social justice

Parental rights over the education of their children are a matter of religious freedom, social justice and protected by the U.S. Constitution, said two experts who spoke during Religious Freedom… Read More

Thursday, September 22, 2022
Catholic high schools offer community in faith

Earlier this year, the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education released a new instruction reiterating the essential characteristics of Catholic schools. Citing many key Church documents on Catholic education from the… Read More

Friday, June 17, 2022
Beloved teacher retires after 48 years at St. Peter School

Generations of St. Peter School students gathered at St. Peter Church June 5 for a Mass of Appreciation for longtime teacher Cyndi Gonzalez who is retiring after 48 years with… Read More

Monday, April 25, 2022
Archbishop on Divine Mercy Sunday: Respect Life contestants “an inspiring witness” of love

Archbishop Cordileone praised young contestants in the Archdiocesan Respect Life Essay Contest as “an inspiring witness … of the compassionate love so needed in the world today.”

Tuesday, April 05, 2022
Everyone Should Oppose These California Vaccine Mandate Bills

This is not a piece about the ethics of aborted-fetal-cell-derived vaccines. You’ve no doubt read enough of those. It’s not a piece about COVID-19 vaccines or vaccines in general. Again,… Read More

Tuesday, March 01, 2022
California lifts school mask mandate

Today, the Newsom Administration announced the state’s requirement for masking in schools will expire on Friday, March 11, allowing students, regardless of vaccination status, to be without a face mask… Read More

Monday, February 21, 2022
Ashanti Branch: the metaphorical masks we wear

If you ask Ashanti Branch, a mask can be invisible yet desired to combat the fear of being vulnerable or misunderstood. This metaphorical mask cripples many from finding their true… Read More

Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Stella Maris Academy

Two years after the 2019 closure of its more than century-old grammar school, Star of the Sea Parish welcomed 53 students from preschool through eighth grade to the new Stella… Read More

Sunday, February 13, 2022
St. Clare Initiative:
A pioneering response to the
challenges of a diverse classroom

The Department of Catholic Schools is in year two of a professional advancement program for Catholic educators designed to help teachers gain the skills they need to help students from… Read More