A CRITICAL discussion of some of the social aspects of catholic education in this country i s no easy task for Catholics themselves. The difficulty lies in the remarkable degree to which the story of catholic education has become ingrained in the folklore of the catholic community. Whether one perceives the story in terms of the hagiography of penal times or in terms of the financial sacrifices...

This study set out to conceptualise and measure Charismatic orientation (openness to charismatic experience) and traditional Catholic orientation (Catholic identity) among a sample of 670 Catholic churchgoers in order to test whether attachment to Catholic Charismatic Renewal strengthened or weakened the sense of traditional Catholic identity among churchgoing Catholics. This research question ...

For centuries, the Catholic Church has been a major social actor in the provision of health services, particularly health care delivered in hospitals. Through a confluence of powerful environmental forces at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the future of Catholic health care is threatened. Although United States Catholic hospitals are a separate case of private, nonprofit hospitals, t...

atholic health care finds itself within a rapidly changing landscape. In response, some Catholic hospitals and collaborative health systems are making structural changes. Some systems have decided to forego formal recognition by the local bishop, for example, while a few hospitals and systems have begun to explore for-profit corporate structures. These and other new models-in-the-making may hav...

I n February 2002, the board of directors of the Catholic Health Association of Canada (CHAC) discerned that the time was opportune for a thorough reflection and dialogue concerning the nature and future of the Catholic health ministry in Canada. The board made its decision after consulting representative members across the country and receiving the report of a special advisory committee. In Ma...

1. Factors associated with oral hygiene and gingival health in Flemish preschool children LEROY R1*, GARCÍA-ZATTERA MJ2, JARA A2, HOPPENBROUWERS K3, MARTENS L4, LESAFFRE E2, VANDEN BROUCKE S5, DECLERCK D1 1Dental school, Catholic University Leuven, 2Biostatistical Centre, Catholic University Leuven, 3Department of Youth Health Care, Catholic University Leuven, 4Dental School, University Ghent, ...

Hae-Yeon Park, M.D., Myungshin Kim, M.D., Woori Jang, M.D., and Dae-Hyun Jang, M.D. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, Incheon; Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul; Catholic Genetic Laboratory Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of ...

During this century, Catholic sisters have remained constant in many life-style characteristics such as smoking and reproduction (Catholic sisters are nonsmoking and nulliparous). It is therefore of interest to compare trends in the health of elderly Catholic sisters to those in the general population. In this study, mortality rates at ages 50 to 84 years in a population of 2,573 Catholic siste...

This paper studies the effects of attending a Catholic high school on students’ labor market outcomes. Using data from theWisconsin Longitudinal Study, I find that Catholic schooling is significantly associatedwith higherwages over the careers even after taking into account possible selection into Catholic schools with instruments. Using matched school quality data for public and Catholic schoo...