Lady Gaga and the Weight of Glory

The argument that “I was born that way.” has a lot of currency in our current philosophical, political and sociological landscape. Unfortunately, no one gets off that easy….

Virtues Based Decision Making – Wisdom from the past for today’s students

In the 13th century St. Thomas Aquinas gave the Catholic tradition and through it the world arguably the most comprehensive development of the great Greek philosophical interest in virtues.

What are we meant to be doing in a Catholic school anyway…?

Being Catholic approached Dr. Gerard O’Shea, a long time Catholic principal who is now lecturing at the Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, and asked him what he thought was distinctive about Catholic schools.