Positioning Catholic Studies within religious studies highlights the question of "what is a tradition?" and simultaneously allows us to do three things: elaborate a non-essentialist second order understanding of the concept of tradition appropriate to Religious Studies, study Catholicism as a tradition that has been created and maintained through first order reflection on the meaning of traditi...

This paper assesses the causal effects of Catholic primary schooling on student outcomes such as test scores, grade retention, and behavior. Catholic school students have substantially better average outcomes than do public school students throughout the primary years, but we present evidence that selection bias is entirely responsible for these advantages. Estimates based on several empirical ...

The Catholic school system in Ontario, Canada, is fully funded by the government. Recently, Ontario’s Ministry of Education mandated an induction year, the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP), for all new teachers. This legislation provides an opportunity for Catholic school boards to take the lead and shape creative and effective programs for new teacher induction. The mission of the Catholic...

Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Sciences, Korean Eye Tissue and Gene Bank Related to Blindness, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. Running title: Smad3 regulates RhoA via NET1 in TGF-1-induced cells Address correspondence to: Choun-Ki Joo, Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Catholic Research ...

Sang Hyuk Im, Chul Bum Cho, Won Il Joo, Chung Kee Chough, Hae Kwan Park, Kyung Jin Lee, Hyoung Kyun Rha Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Catholic University, Seoul, Korea Department of Neurosurgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic Neuroscience Center, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University, S...

The author argues that virtue ethics offers a potentially fruitful framework for approaching Catholic social thought. A virtue-based approach provides a means of connecting a Catholic understanding of social justice to issues of personal morality and moral formation. Three overlapping virtues are proposed as foundational to this approach: solidarity, compassion, and hospitality. The cultivation...

C. A. Sage, W. Van Hecke, R. Peeters, J. Sijbers, W. Robberecht, J. Verhoeven, S. Deprez, P. Parizel, G. Marchal, A. Leemans, and S. Sunaert Radiology, University Hospitals of the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Vision Lab, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Neurology, University Hospitals of the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Pediatrics, University Hospit...

a Department of Orthodontics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil b Graduate Program in Dentistry / Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil c Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil d Department of Ort...

A questionnaire was administered, composed of the Maslach Burnout Inventory as well as of questions regarding socialdemographic information such as gender, age, and seniority According to the literature, we expected to find a higher burnout level among lay than among consecrated teachers. Secondly, we expected to find lower burnout risk in lay teachers of private school than in public school te...

Philippines and the tornadoes that ravaged the Midwest at the close of 2013, we should all be examining our international and domestic response plans/ activities. That examination should include reflection on the tenets of Catholic social teaching which actually provide the underpinning for effective disaster response. As identified by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, there are...