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GDC 145-147: Some Topics in Pedagogy « Catholic Sensibility

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GDC 145 147: Some Topics in Pedagogy « Catholic Sensibility

Let’s finish up Chapter I of Part Three with some concluding thoughts on pedagogy.

Fidelity to God and to the person (Cf. 1977 Synod of Bishops, Message to the People of God 7; Catechesi Tradendae 55; General Catechetical Directory 4)

145. Jesus Christ is the living and perfect relationship of God with (humankind) and of (humankind) with God. From him the pedagogy of the faith receives “a law which is fundamental for the whole of the Church’s life”, and therefore for catechesis: “the law of fidelity to God and of fidelity to (humankind) in a single, loving attitude”. (Catechesi Tradendae 55)

Genuine catechesis therefore is that catechesis which helps to perceive the action of God throughout the formative journey. It encourages a climate of listening, of thanksgiving and of prayer. (Cf. General Catechetical Directory 10 and 22) It looks to the free response of persons and it promotes active participation among those to be catechized.

The relationship between God and the believer is one of fidelity. Perfect on one end. As best as we can muster on the other. How does catechesis help this? To discern God’s faithful actions, a human being must listen. How does a catechist cultivate this? And then in response, once again we have that phrase “active participation,” though in this context it’s not just about liturgy.

The “condescension” of God, (Dei Verbum 13; Catechism 684) a school for the person

146. God, wishing to speak to (people) as friends, (Cf. Dei Verbum 2) manifests in a special way his pedagogy by adapting what he has to say by solicitous providence for our earthly condition. (Cf. Dei Verbum 13) This implies for catechesis the never-ending task of finding a language capable of communicating the word of God and the creed of the Church, which is its development, in the various circumstances of those who hear it. (Cf. Evangelii Nuntiandi 63; Catechesi Tradendae 59) At the same time, it maintains the certainty that, by the grace of God, this can be done and that the Holy Spirit will give us the joy of doing it. Therefore pedagogical instructions adequate for catechesis are those which permit the communication of the whole word of God in the concrete existence of people. (Cf. Catechesi Tradendae 31)

When we think about it, the consideration of language and communication echoes God’s incarnation. Being able to adapt, to speak in a language that can be heard, is an exercise in the imitation of Christ.

Evangelize by educating and educate by evangelizing (Cf. Gravissimum Educationis 1-4; Catechesi Tradendae 58)

147. Being inspired by the pedagogy of faith, catechesis presents its service as a designated educative journey in that, on the one hand it assists (people) to open (themselves) to the religious dimension of life, while on the other, it proposes the Gospel to (them). It does so in such a manner as to penetrate and transform the processes of intelligence, conscience, liberty and action making of existence a gift after the example of Jesus Christ. Thus the catechist knows and avails of the contribution of the sciences of education, understood always in a Christian sense.

This ties in closely with the point of GDC 146. We make use of human sciences to communicate the Gospel as effectively as our listeners will bear. Even much-maligned ones like psychology.

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How I Emerged Unilag’s Best Student

Posted by on February 22, 2012 No comments

1329923091 87 How I Emerged Unilag’s Best StudentPublished on February 22, 2012 by pmnews   ·   2 Comments

Akhigbe Iziren, an indigene of Edo state was the University of Lagos’ overall best student at the institution’s convocation ceremony held recently. He is from a family of seven and the third of five children. He briefly attended Lara Day Nursery and Primary School then later St. Louis Catholic Private School before heading to Federal Government College, Ibiolo, Edo State. Akhigbe later enrolled to the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) where he obtained an OND and HND before taking direct entry to study at UNILAG in 2008. He speaks about his humble academic beginning and other things

Were you admitted the first time you wrote UME?

The first time I wrote UME, I scored 200. I’m not going to find any excuses, but I think it was due to my ignorance of the right way to read something I didn’t learn until my HND days. In secondary school, I was the kind of person that would not read too much after class because I knew what the teacher taught would come out in the examination, and yet I passed. However, on getting to the higher institution, I found out that it was a different ball game. I used my secondary school notes to prepare for my first UME. It was a disaster, because unlike private schools, where you are taught everything you need, federal schools only prepare you for internal examinations.

How many times did you write UME?

I wrote UME three times and the highest I scored was 230, so I decided not to write it again. It so happened that the year I got 230, the cut off the previous year for Mechanical Engineering was 230. I thought my result was okay only for to find out the cut off had gone up to about 270. After this, I decided to put UNILAG out of my mind and pursued my National Diploma. While I was doing this, I heard UNILAG accepted Upper Credit for candidates to enter year Two. I thought I would never get into UNILAG because when I finished with Upper Credit, I heard that UNILAG required a distinction. I still gave it a shot with no success.

How did you eventually get into the University of Lagos?

There was this guy in my ND class whose notes I usually read. I noticed that everybody in the class used his note to read for exams. He was the kind of person that while most people read, would be busy solving past questions. So I said okay, if he can do this let me try it, then I found out that writing my note is like my first time of reading. When I read, it then stuck. So I learnt how to read at Yabatech. I finished my HND with a distinction and that was what UNILAG required for Direct Entry. So, that was how I got into 300-Level.

Why did you choose to study engineering?

My parents gave us liberty to choose what we wanted in life. They never forced anything on us. Although my father is a Civil Engineer, it never influenced my decision to study Engineering. I like maths a lot. If you give me a sentence and tell me to explain it, I would write one or two lines but if you give me maths to solve, I know I can do that in steps. In junior secondary school, I wanted to study mathematics, but I later changed my mind to Chemical Engineering and then to Physics. I did not like biology because it was all about reading and I hated reading. I did not know what to choose between Mechanical and Electrical Engineering as second choice and I’m glad I chose Mechanical Engineering.

You said you do not like reading, how often do you use the library?

Because I had learnt how to read from Yabatech, I just continued the tradition. I wasn’t staying in school till my final year so my reading was basically done at home. I read from 7am – 9am in the morning and, after classes, I go back to read for about two to three hours.

So you went from your Maryland home to school every day?

Yes, but I got to school earlier than most people. I get to school between 6.30am – 7am. In my third and fourth years, I was basically reading in Akintunde Ojo Library. So, whenever I got to school and didn’t have any classes till 8am, I just went to the library and read till I have classes.

What challenges did you face in school?

There really was not anyone to influence on the other side.

Was it because you were coming from home?

Yes, and also because I had been going to school all my life so who will possibly want to influence me to do what I do not want to? I really cannot say I had challenges. I won’t say I made friends quickly, but I found people to read with and I did not bother to read at home because I like my sleep. I sleep early. If I have to read, I read till 10pm and then to sleep. I do not believe in overnight reading. I do all my reading and note writing during the day.

How do you spend your free time?

I love my phone so much. It even got to a point that I gave one of my phones a name. I chat almost all the time, especially before Blackberry came out. I was always online and anyone who knew me knew that the fastest way to reach me was on Facebook. Just send a message and I would reply almost immediately. I also watch a lot of movies.

Who are your role models?

Generally my role model is my Dad. He is someone who is dedicated to his work and to the church, so I just picked on the dedication part of it.

What is your social life like?

I love fun. I love watching movies and I party one or two times.

Is there anything you wish you did while you were still in school?

No, I can’t say I had any regrets, because I don’t hold on to negative memories.

What was your first year Grade Point (GP) like?

Throughout my stay in UNILAG, I had 5.0GP, except in my 300-Level second semester when I had B in a lab course and that was my only B all through my stay in UNILAG, and my final CGPA is 4.98.

Was there any point in time you thought you couldn’t maintain that G.P.?

In the beginning, there were some courses that I did not understand at all. I had no idea what the course were about and it was as if the lecturers were speaking Greek. After reading them a few times and doing a number of collabos, I started understanding the courses. This is where group reading comes in handy.

How do you feel about being the best graduating student of UNILAG for this year?

Well, it’s a mixed feeling. I am elated because not only did I finish with a first class, I had the best result in the whole university and I know my mum is very proud. Secondly, I’m scared because people are looking up to me now. They are expecting the best from me, and all eyes are on me to see where I will be in the next couple of years. When there is such expectation on you, you must work very hard.

Where do you see yourself five years from now?

All my life, I have always been a “when I get to the bridge I will cross it” kind of person. I have not really determined where I will be in five years, but at the same time, I won’t say I would wait for circumstances to unfold. I think by then, I should be doing my Ph.D.

Do you plan to work with your degree?

Do you want to do your Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering?

Yes, I intend to. I probably owe this to the encouragement I got from my class mates. Some even said I should come back and lecture and I have given it serious thought but I don’t think I will anytime soon. If I were to become a lecturer however, I will start from UNILAG.

Is there anything you will like the school authorities to change in UNILAG?

In respect to Engineering, UNILAG is a university and not a polytechnic. I think we should do more practical, not lab, I mean real practical. For the school, I recommended this once and I will say it again, if UNILORIN could decide not to join ASUU strike, UNILAG can also decide not to join the strike.

What kept you going?

First of all when I entered UNILAG my mum said to me “you always wanted to enter UNILAG, now that you are in, you must come out with a First Class”. So, self motivation and the need to make my mother proud were what kept me going. Also, there was a boy in my class, whose first G.P. was 3.8 and for someone to start with that and be on a first class by 300-Level, he must have done a lot of hard work. So I determined within myself that I could do it.

Do you have any advice for the current undergraduates?

Yes. Read all you can, do not be afraid to ask questions if you do not know, and those who think they know should not be too proud to share the knowledge with others because what they think they know might be wrong, and they may need to add or remove something. No man is an island. You ask questions, and if you know you teach others and in the process understand better.

•Culled from UNILAG Sun

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Hopes for Cardinal

Posted by on February 22, 2012 No comments

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Here’s hoping he will use his new position in the way of one of his predecessors, Patrick Cardinal Hayes, known as the Cardinal of Charities, who helped the city’s poor, unemployed and hungry during the Great Depression.

Hayes founded Catholic Charities, and spoke out against bigotry, and endorsed unemployment relief during the Depression.

He was so beloved, 50,000 people thronged the streets outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral for his funeral in 1938.

It’s because, though he walked with Popes and Presidents, Hayes never forgot where he came from — the notorious Five Points slum in lower Manhattan, a child of poor Irish immigrants.

Here’s hoping Dolan will lead the church back to what was its finest mission in New York City, helping the needy, educating them, ministering to them.

It was the oppressed from Ireland who needed Hayes’ help; now the downtrodden from Mexico, Central America, Africa and those born in the city’s poverty-entrenched neighborhoods need Dolan’s.

Hayes opened parochial schools and built churches during the Depression; Dolan arrived here for the Archdiocese’s surge of closing and merging churches and schools.

Here’s hoping he can somehow save Catholic schools in the hardscrabble neighborhoods. Keep churches from closing. Devote Archdiocese resources to people. Don’t look at parishes for how profitable they are, but for how dedicated their priests and nuns and parishioners are.

Here’s hoping that he’ll inspire the dwindling number of Catholic clergy who have helped keep neighborhoods together through high-crime years, and now through years when people are facing financial hardships.

Let these dedicated people know their social work and corporal works of mercy are held in equal esteem to spiritual duties.

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Observer Forum: Letters to the editor

Posted by on February 22, 2012 No comments

Observer Forum: Letters to the editor

In response to “School goofed on 4-year-old’s lunch order” (Feb. 17):

Don’t waste my tax dollars investigating a lunch goof-up

The fact that my tax dollars are paying two N.C. lawmakers to spend time on an “investigation” of this matter is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

I get upset at the time and money spent by the Charlotte Observer and N.C. lawmakers on such an insignificant matter.

The parents of this child should be ashamed for making an issue of the fact that their child was offered cafeteria food. They should be thankful they are able to send a healthy lunch to school and are not among the huge number of families in the free-lunch program!

Nothing but nugget nonsense, tackle important issues instead

Let’s see, we have unemployment, the economy, global warming, partisan politics bringing a halt to progress, health issues and starvation in Third World countries – not to mention religious, racial and sexual orientation persecution, threats of war, homelessness. And we’re going to have an investigation over chicken nuggets. Seriously?

In response to “Turnover rate soars among CMS principals” (Feb. 16):

New Leaders push in CMS driving away good principals

It’s ironic that Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools – a system that worships data – is denying these figures prove a problem.

Former superintendent Peter Gorman may be gone, but his clones are still around championing the yet unproven idea of applying a business model to public education. The New Leaders project is forming principals into the mold of pro-testing, pro-business, pro-centralized education.

These New Leaders don’t just drink the Kool-Aid, they make it. The thinnest of reasons are being used to remove established, successful principals to make room for New Leaders.

Who suffers most? Students.

In response to “It’s past time to abolish the death penalty in North Carolina” (Feb. 15 Opinion):

Housing convicted killers for life only increases tax burden

To abolish the death penalty would open the floodgates to crime.

When a person chooses to murder someone in this state, he/she should be held accountable. The killer knew going forward that he/she could be held accountable with his or her life.

The taxpayer burden in North Carolina is overwhelming as is. It’s wrong to keep adding felons to the list of those getting free medical, free nourishment and free board for life.

Weed these critters out, I say!

Many reasons I’m not looking forward to DNC’s big party

We have a big party with several balls and/or dinner parties, a baseball game, cookout at the track, speech by the already-selected nominee, not to mention the closing of Central Piedmont Community College and a major disruption of our everyday lives.

That’s just the start. Wait for all the lost jobs after the party. Let’s not forget all the safety concerns at many of the hotels.

In response to “How to stop super PACs” (Feb. 12 Opinion):

If Citizens United backfires

on GOP, message will be clear

Polls have consistently indicated that Mitt Romney has the best chance of defeating the president in November.

How supremely ironic it would be if a handful of Republican ideologue billionaires were successful in establishing the nomination of an individual unlikely to beat the president.

It might serve as a wake-up call to the entire country that the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision damaged our country and must be reversed.

Firing of music director shattered my Catholic faith

After the embarrassment we Catholics endured these last 20-plus years regarding our very own priests, and how our bishops ignored these serious sexual allegations, we remained committed to our deep faith in our religion.

I’m disappointed and angered that our bishop and clergy would fire a fine, talented man. Steav Bates-Congdon did nothing illegal, nor did he hurt anyone. This has truly rocked my faith in my Catholic Church.

In response to “Writer seems to be forgetting ultimate commandment” (Feb. 15 Forum):

Loving thy neighbor means telling them ‘truth’ about sin

Forum writer Doug Wynne is correct – it is about “love thy neighbor as thyself.”

That means love them enough to tell them the truth about their ultimate destiny now and in eternity for that deliberate sin – not love so they can continue in wrong-doing.

If you were heading for destruction, would you not want someone to tell you?

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Dumbing down of state education has made Britain more unequal than 25 years ago

Posted by on February 22, 2012 No comments

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A controversy broke out on Twitter earlier this week about an article in the Times Educational Supplement in which a teacher called Jonny Griffiths describes a conversation with a bright sixth-former who’s worried about his exam results. “Apart from you, Michael, who cares what you get in your A-levels?” he says. “What is better: to go to Cambridge with three As and hate it or go to Bangor with three Cs and love it?”

The controversy was not about whether the teacher was right to discourage his student to apply to Cambridge – no one thought that, obviously – but whether the article was genuine. Was Jonny Griffiths a real teacher or the fictional creation of a brilliant Tory satirist? Most people found it hard to believe that a teacher who didn’t want his pupils to do well could be in gainful employment.

Alas, Mr Griffiths is all too real. Since 2009, when I first mooted the idea of setting up a free school devoted to academic excellence, I’ve come across dozens of examples of the same attitude, all equally jaw-dropping.

For instance, there’s the now famous battle between the Diocese of Westminster and the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in Holland Park. Once a grammar school, Cardinal Vaughan was forced to become a comprehensive in 1977, but it managed to retain its high standards thanks to a succession of great headmasters. It is currently the highest-performing state school in Kensington and Chelsea, and 13 of its pupils were offered places at Oxford or Cambridge last year.

As a voluntary-aided Catholic school, Cardinal Vaughan falls within the bailiwick of the Diocese of Westminster, and in 2008 the diocese’s education department referred it to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator, accusing it of practising a form of covert selection. The Left-wing educationalists at the diocese wanted the school to be more “socially inclusive”. For those unfamiliar with New Labour gobbledegook, that’s code for “bog standard comprehensive”. The complaint was partially upheld.

A similar thing happened to Drayton Manor High School in Ealing. Like Cardinal Vaughan, Drayton Manor was too successful for its own good, incurring the wrath of its local education authority. In 2008, Ealing Council referred the school to the adjudicator, accusing it of operating a “discriminatory” admissions policy. The complaint was initially upheld, but subsequently overturned in the High Court.

The rationale in both cases was that the success of these “comprehensive grammars” was harmful to neighbouring schools. Thanks to their reputations for academic excellence, they were attracting more than their fair share of above-average pupils, thereby relegating the surrounding schools to secondary modern status. In the eyes of the progressive elite that controls our educational establishment, the best is the enemy of the good. Mediocrity for all is preferable to excellence for some.

Ed Balls, Labour’s last education secretary, made the same point when I debated with him on Newsnight about the free schools policy a couple of years ago. “The danger is that there’ll be winners in this policy, but it is dishonest not to say that there will be losers as well,” he said.

Think about that for a second. The danger is that there will be winners in this policy. To anyone not caught up in the looking-glass world of British education, that flies in the face of common sense. But for anyone involved in trying to reform the state system, it is horribly familiar.

Tony Blair was confronted with the same tall poppy syndrome when, in his Cabinet, he first floated the idea of city academies. “If you set up a school and it becomes a good school, the great danger is that everyone wants to go there,” said John Prescott. During Labour’s 13 years in office, only 203 academies were set up, thanks, in part, to the prevalence of this attitude.

This anti-elitist spirit pervades higher education, too. It is embodied by Prof Les Ebdon, Vince Cable’s candidate to run the Office of Fair Access. Prof Ebdon, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire (formerly Luton College of Higher Education), wants Oxford and Cambridge to make allowances for applicants from comprehensives in order to make them more “inclusive” – there’s that word again. Far better to lower standards at our top universities, he believes, than try to raise them in our state schools. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister has said he has no intention of vetoing the appointment.

The area of education where this attitude does most damage is in schools themselves. The Daily Telegraph’s report today, revealing that British schoolchildren are lagging far behind other parts of the Western world when it comes to literacy and development, comes as no surprise to me. I was recently contacted by Joseph Reynolds, the parent who campaigned against the decision of his daughter’s comprehensive to dump Shakespeare from the GCSE English curriculum in favour of The Simpsons.

He alerted me to a new “unit” in the Edexcel GCSE English syllabus called “English Today Theme Two (Talent Television)”, in which pupils are expected to study the ITV1 home page of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and a 2009 cover of ‘Heat’ magazine. This flies in the face of the national curriculum requirement that texts studied in English should be “of high quality, among the best of their type”. Presumably, studying passages from Charles Dickens or Emily Brontë isn’t “inclusive” enough.

The tragic thing about the flight from excellence in our state schools is that teachers like Jonny Griffiths believe they’re acting in the best interests of their pupils. Why push children to study Shakespeare or encourage them to go to Cambridge if they’d be happier doing a degree in Media Studies at the University of Bangor? The Les Ebdons of this world believe that by opposing elitism, they’re helping to make Britain a fairer, better place. It was the same reasoning that led to the decimation of England’s grammar schools in the 1960s and 1970s.

My late father, the sociologist Michael Young, coined the word “meritocracy” – but as a term of opprobrium rather than approval. As a lifelong socialist, he disapproved of equality of opportunity on the grounds that it legitimised inequality of outcome. After all, if people believe that everyone starts out with an equal chance in life, then the resulting distribution of wealth is fair, isn’t it?

My father was a close colleague of Tony Crosland’s, the Labour education secretary who made it his mission in politics to destroy grammar schools, and claimed to have influenced his thinking. Yet the net result of this policy has been to increase inequality, not reduce it, because the majority of state school graduates are now unable to compete with the products of private schools.

In the 13 years that New Labour was in office, the attainment gap at A-level between state schools and independent schools doubled. In 2010, A-level candidates at independent schools were three times more likely to get straight As than candidates at state schools – and that statistic flatters the state sector because it includes England’s 164 remaining grammar schools. If you remove grammars from the equation, more children got three As at A-level in the country’s tiny handful of fee-paying schools than in the entire population of children at comprehensives.

Thanks to the wholesale dumbing down of state education, Britain is now more unequal than it was 25 years ago. The progressive custodians of public education have succeeded in entrenching poverty and preserving privilege – all in the name of equality. As an illustration of the law of unintended consequences, it could not be bettered.

Michael Gove has set about trying to reverse this trend and, needless to say, the educational establishment is fighting him every inch of the way. He’s even allowing existing grammar schools to expand by setting up satellite schools in other parts of the country, something that’s bound to be met with hysterical opposition. He deserves our support if we’re to raise standards in the state sector and create a playing field that is more level, both for the children of the rich and of the poor.

For too long, English teachers at comprehensives have been telling their pupils not to bother with the best that’s been thought and written, but to watch ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and read ‘Heat’ magazine instead. That’s the sort of “anti-elitism” than leads to social apartheid, not social justice.

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Children prepare to go to classes in a tent

Posted by on February 22, 2012 No comments

1329883477 22 Children prepare to go to classes in a tentTINA LAW

Classrooms at two Christchurch primary schools have been deemed earthquake-prone, forcing staff and pupils to move into marquees.

Teaching blocks at Catholic schools St Mary’s School in the central city and Our Lady of the Assumption School in Hoon Hay were closed late on Friday after engineers found they needed remedial work to meet the new building standards.

Catholic Education Office manager Mike Nolan said like many other building owners across the city, the office was getting detailed engineering assessments done on all its buildings to make sure they met the new building code.

The two buildings had previously passed inspection, but did not meet the new code and needed to be repaired.

Consultancy firm Opus International notified Nolan of the buildings’ status on Friday and they were immediately closed.

The schools are state-integrated and the Catholic diocese owns the buildingst.

In both cases plywood bracing walls would be built over existing walls to improve their strength.

Nolan said the work would boost the seismic capacity of the building as near as practicable to 67 per cent of the new building standard. Once the bracing work was done the buildings would no longer be considered earthquake prone, allowing teachers and pupils to move back in.

Work would start today and take seven to 10 working days, Nolan said.

Five marquees were being erected at Our Lady of Assumption to temporarily replace the block that housed five of the school’s 12 classrooms. The school has a roll of 260.

Four were installed at St Mary’s, which has 80 children, over the weekend.

St Mary’s School principal David O’Neill said the 53-year-old building, which contained the school’s five classrooms, was not at risk of collapsing, but did not meet the new code.

“I’m predicting several schools will find themselves in the same position as we are.

“Being a school we want to make sure our buildings are as safe as possible.”

– © Fairfax NZ News

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Catholic leaders denounce contraception mandate

Posted by on February 22, 2012 No comments

1329878647 51 Catholic leaders denounce contraception mandate

January 30, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — Many Catholic Church leaders in Chicago are speaking out against part of President Barack Obama’s health care act.

The act requires non-profit groups that have health insurance plans to offer contraceptives.

Catholic bishops and priests across the country read out letters at Sunday mass denouncing the decision, calling it an attack on their religious freedom.

“Religion has always overcome obstacles, and I’m sure this will be one obstacle they can overcome as well,” said Catholic church-goer John Robins.

The new rule is part of the health care overhaul passed in 2010. Starting August first, non-profit employers who, based on religious beliefs, currently do not provide contraceptive coverage in their insurance plan will have to start doing so.

While churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and some religiously-affiliated elementary and secondary schools remain exempt from the guidelines, Catholic hospitals, colleges and social services and other Christian institutions are subject to the decision.

“Being a practicing Catholic, I am against that,” said Catholic parishioner Robin Cikora. “I believe that there should be a separation of religious and state institutions.”

Still, the rule change backed by the White House is supported by birth control and pro-choice advocates like Planned Parenthood of Illinois. President and CEO Carole Brite says religious freedom should not trump basic preventative healthcare.

“There are studies that show for every dollar invested in family planning, nearly $4 are saved in Medicaid costs in the first year alone,” said Brite.

However, Catholicism considers some forms of contraception as the termination of life. So some Catholic clergy in Chicago and elsewhere read various letters of protest at Sunday mass.

A letter posted on the Diocese of Joliet website blasted the mandate as “the first time in our history that the federal government is forcing religious people and groups to ante up for services that violate their consciences.”

Some legal experts say critics will challenge the constitutionality of the decision.

“Ultimately, I think the Obama administration will prevail on this one again on the theory that [the] health insurance industry is heavily regulated, and if you want to be in the business, you have to make available certain services,” said Harold Krent, Dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law.

The National Association of Evangelicals also opposes the decision. Earlier this month, religious institutions were given a year extension to comply with the Obama administration’s decision.

Catholic Church leaders have asked parishioners to unite against the rule and “pray” for a reversal.

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Ascension Catholic Hires Doug Moreau to fill Head Football/AD Job

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Ascension Catholic High School, long in tradition, hired former St. Amant High Head Coach Doug Moreau to take over as their head football coach and athletic director.  Coach Moreau returns to the sidelines as a head coach after working in private business and most recently serving as the offensive coordinator at St. Amant.  Coach Moreau comes to ACHS with a 176-91-3 record which includes several district championships and playoff appearances with St. Amant.  Coach Moreau’s 1982 Winnfield team beat John Curtis for the Class 2A state championship.  Moreau said, “Ascension Catholic has a strong base of support, I met with some of the coaches today and they are excited, our team will represent ACHS with class”.  Moreau plans to reach out to ACHS alumni, parents and supporters to bring ACHS back to excellence in all sports, boys and girls. Coach Moreau has wasted little time since being named the head coach, plans are in action for the 2012-13 athletic year at ACHS.  Moreau thanked former head coach Rick Bolotte for his dedication to ACHS, Bolotte plans to remain at ACHS as a teacher and assistant coach.

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Town Village Audubon Park retirement community, 950 Cherry, is presenting a new free weekly education series focused on the link between creativity and spirituality. The “Art of Faith” starts Monday and runs through March 30. This week’s presentation, “History and Symbolism of Stained Glass at Calvary Episcopal Church,” presented by Calvary Episcopal parishioner Dianne Spears, begins at 2:30 p.m. at Calvary Episcopal Church. Call (901) 537-0002, for information and to reserve a seat.

Catholic Church of the Incarnation, 360 Bray Station in Collierville, presents The Women’s Morning of Spirituality from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. The national speaker will be Tammy Evevard, and the local speaker will be Babetta Gray Boggs with music by Bethany and Kevin Paige. For more information and to preregister, go to womensmorningofspirituality.com.

St. George’s Episcopal Church, 2425 S. Germantown Road, sponsors a Mardi Gras Trivia Night today in the Parish Hall, to benefit the church music programs. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the game begins at 7 p.m. Teams consist of six players; walk-ins are $15. Smaller groups and individuals paired into teams. For information, visit stgchurch.org, or contact Angela G. Saunders, director of music, at (901) 754-7282, ext. 33.

Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, 8230 Miss. 178 in Olive Branch, celebrates Mardi Gras with a party at 7 p.m. today. Contact Beth Baker at (901) 834-9442 or .

Eastern Star Missionary Baptist Church, 1334 William Fields Ave., honors Elmore Nickleberry of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike in honor of Black History Month at the 9 a.m. worship service on Sunday.

“Convert”sations, a monthly fellowship forum designed to engage converts/American Muslims in meaningful dialogue about relevant issues, takes place from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Zaytoon Mediterranean Grill, 694 N. Germantown Pkwy., Suite 64, in Cordova. The topic for February is: “The Ties that Bind — Maintaining Family Relationships after Conversion.”

Prayer House Church, 1113 McClure next to Whitehaven High School, invites everyone to the 22nd Annual Family and Friends Day Fellowship Service at 4 p.m. on Sunday. For information, contact: Minister W. Banks at , (901) 375-9447 or (901) 346-5842.

Kirby Woods Baptist Church, 6325 Poplar: Winter Bible Study starts Sunday, with Dr. Ken Hemphill, author and retired pastor and the founding director of the Church Planting and Revitalization Center of North Greenville University. Call (901) 682-2220, or visit kwbc.org for information.

Lindenwood Christian Church, 2400 Union, presents “A Grand Affair — Music for Five Pianos” at 4 p.m. Sunday. Join Lindenwood musicians Chris Nemec, Kevin Kenny, Jim Carson, Dr. Gabriel Staton (director of music at Second Presbyterian Church) and Scott M. Elsholz (canon organist-choirmaster, St. Mary’s Cathedral) for this free concert. Lindenwood is handicapped-accessible and offers a staffed nursery. Visit lindenwoodcc.com.

Hope Church, 5800 Walnut Grove, is hosting “Pumped for Praise: Lifting Women in Community with God,” a free semi-annual area-wide praise and worship hour for women and teen girls across the Mid-South from 6:50 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Contact , or visit Facebook.com/PumpedForPraise.

Church of the Annunciation, 8282 Macon in Cordova, hosts its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, prepared by the church’s Men’s Group ministries, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Cost is $4 for adults, $2 for children, or $10 for an entire family. Ash Wednesday services at the Church of the Annunciation in Cordova will be held at noon and 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Memphis 40 Days for Life invites pro-life Christians of all denominations to participate in the 2012 spring campaign. Participants will pray, fast and stand vigil to combat abortion from Wednesday through April 1. Call (901) 730-6279, or visit 40daysforlife.com/memphis for information.

Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 3427 Appling, will hold an Ash Wednesday service, including the imposition of ashes, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. All are invited. For more information, call (901) 377-0526, or visit faithcpchurch.com.

Trinity Lutheran Church, 210 Washington, will have special worship services and dinners for the 2012 Lenten season starting on Ash Wednesday and on successive Wednesdays through March 28. Supper begins at 6 p.m., and services begin at 7 p.m.

Harding School of Theology, 1000 Cherry, is hosting The National Urban Ministry Conference 2012: “The Evolution of Urban Ministry, Inner City Workers Leading the Battle Against Poverty and the Battle for our Cities (Isaiah 1:26-28; 62:12)” from Thursday till Feb. 25. Call (901) 568-3177, or visit nationalurbanministryassociation.org for information or to register.

Faith Presbyterian Church, 8816 Poplar Pike in Germantown, will host Financial Peace University (FPU), the 13-week course taught by Dave Ramsey on DVD. The classes will begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Contact Georgann Patterson at (901)754-4840 for more information or to register.

First Congregational Church, the Memphis Chapter of Veterans for Peace, Caritas Village, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Pax Christi Memphis and the Memphis School of Servant Leadership are sponsoring a free lecture by former CIA analyst turned anti-war activist Ray McGovern on current U.S. policy on Iran and other Middle Eastern countries at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at First Congregational Church, 1000 S. Cooper. McGovern speaks to students at Christian Brothers University on Wednesday and Rhodes College on Thursday.

First Evangelical Church, 735 Ridge Lake Blvd., will convene Memphis citizens and leaders to learn, discuss and act for Sudan from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday. A public donation will be collected for the victims of this crisis. Visit operationbrokensilence .org/?p=6990 for information.

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Catholic schools unification makes sense

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Catholic schools unification makes sense

Pulling together Bismarck’s Catholic elementary and high schoolsunder one superintendent and a single strategic plan benefits allthe parties in local education. Certainly on the practical side, astreamlined administration will eliminate duplication and addefficiency. It can accomplish this without diminishing religiouseducation.

Schools involved in The Light of Christ Catholic Schools ofExcellence include: St. Mary’s Grade school, Cathedral School,Saint Anne’s School and St. Mary’s Central High School. Thisencompasses nearly 1,000 students.

The plan is to hire a superintendent by July 1. The to-do list forthe new superintendent includes carrying out strategic objectivessuch as looking at the need for a new Catholic high school ormiddle school.

Elementary, middle school and high school plans are at sort of aprecipice in Bismarck-Mandan. Bismarck Public School are in theprocess of setting a long range plan which could include newelementary school and a high school. Mandan public schoolsofficials are looking at building a new elementary school. ShilohChristian School has begun a capital campaign aimed at expandingits educational plant. Add to this mix Catholic education in thecommunity and it becomes difficult to project the future needs andresources of public and parochial schools in the community.

Each of these education systems fills an important niche. Butcollectively they educate all the young people of Bismarck-Mandan.Take away religion-affiliated education and public schoolenrollment here would skyrocket. (Let’s not forget the MissouriValley Montessrri School, Martin Luther Elementary School and theCatholic schools in Mandan.) Education has become a sharedpublic-private responsibility here.

Having a clear idea of what each school system plans for thefuture, helps each organization develop the right number ofclassrooms, support facilities and resources for their student body– not over building, not under building.

Catholic education has had an important role in the fulfilling thelives of citizens of Bismarck and Mandan. For the Catholicparishes, parochial schools have been an issue of faith, shapingthe student’s spirit as well as his or her mind. To see Catholiceducation here reinvigorated and looking toward tomorrow bodes wellfor the community.

The establishment of The Light of Christ Catholic Schools ofExcellence strengthens the foundation of education inBismarck-Mandan.

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