Washington, D. C., Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Catholic University of America’s School of Theology and Religious Studies announced today an innovative program that aims to bolster young
Washington D.C., Feb 2, 2018 / 05:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).-
Dr. Tom Burnford, president and CEO of the National Catholic Educational Association, spoke to CNA’s Jonah McKeown during Catholic Schools Week 2018 about his Catholic education and the evangelizing mission of Catholic schools in the United States.
How did your own Catholic education lead you to work in this field?
I was blessed to attend Catholic primary school in England, where I grew up: St. Joseph’s in Storrington, in Sussex. And then I also went to Catholic high school: Ampleforth College in Yorkshire. My experience was a rigorous academic curriculum, and a study of the Catholic faith with a particular focus on scripture, and also living at the high school, a boarding school, in a community permeated by the gospel spirit. For me, the witness of the teachers, some of whom were Benedictine monks, others were lay people…they witnessed a Catholic faith that made me believe what they said when they talked about the