Catholic School Matters

On the November 6th Catholic School Matters Radio Hour, host Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by Tom Kiely of Marquette University to discuss their collaborative project to explore best practices in Catholic school finance.  They discuss the best practice for operations, oversight, and budgeting to improve the financial operations of all types of Catholic schools as a preview of their upcoming Momentum artic...

The Oct 30th Catholic School Matters Radio Hour hosted by Dr. Tim Uhl focuses on the Espinoza case which will be heard by the US Supreme Court in January and has the potential to overturn all state Blaine amendments and alter our current funding landscape for Catholic schools.  Matthew Brower (1:52) from the MT Catholic Conference explains the origin of the case, Attorney Erica Smith of the Instit...

Fr. Eric Ramirez, SJ of Regis Jesuit HS in Denver and Tony Ferraro of Floyd Consulting join host Dr. Tim Uhl on the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour.  Fr. Ramirez describes the value and beauty of pastoral ministry in our high school and Ferraro describes his unique professional development program for teachers which gets teachers in touch with their dreams and hopes for their lives.  #catholics...

Popular guest Sr. Angie Shaughnessy aka the "nun lawyer" returns to the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour to join host Dr. Tim Uhl in discussing hot legal topics of the day which impact American Catholic schools #catholicschoolmatters

For the Oct 9th Episode of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour, host Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by 3 new Catholic school superintendents: Kelly Lazzara of the Diocese of Richmond, Dr. Joseph Vorbach of the Diocese of Arlington, and Thomas Carroll of the Archdiocese of Boston.  They each discuss their pathway to leadership, challenges, and opportunities in their new roles.  #catholicschoolmatters

Dr. Tim Uhl, the host of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour, is joined by Rev. Bryan Massingale of Fordham University to discuss the Vatican document "Male and Female He Created Them," the Vatican's Education Office response to gender theory and transgender issues.  The two educators explore the meaning of the document and its implications #catholicschoolmatters

Dr. Jorge Peña from the Greeley Center at Loyola-Chicago joins Dr. Tim Uhl on the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour podcast to discuss their collaborative effort to develop a survey of Catholic culture to be used in Catholic schools.  They are launching their first cohort next month #catholicschoolmatters

Catholic School Matters Radio Hour, Part 2 of the New Catholic Schools podcasts features three new Catholic schools.  Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by Deacon Peter McCourt (1:00) of Cristo Rey Richmond HS, Dr. Jared Staudt of the Chesterton Academy of OL of Victory in Denver, and Fr. Raymond Guiao, SJ, from the Welsh Academy in Cleveland.  #catholicschoolmatters

The Catholic School Matters Radio Hour September 18th features the origin stories of 4 brand new Catholic schools.  Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by Cristo Rey St. Viator HS founding president Fr. Tom von Behren CSV (1:38), founding principal of Kolbe Catholic Academy John Petruzzelli (12:24), founding principal of Odessa's Holy Cross HS Carolyn Gonzalez (34:12), and president of Bismarck's Light of Chris...

The first episode of Season 4 of the Catholic School Matters focuses on the Mustard Seed Project Oct 7-9 in Chicago.  Host Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by three presenters at the conference: Dr. Mike Boyle of the Greeley Center (1:29) explains the focus of the conference; Curtis Kleisinger of Mother Teresa Academy of Regina, SK (14:48) explains the tiered interventions of his school; and Dr. Keith Crowle...

The May 22nd Catholic School Matters Radio Hour with Dr. Tim Uhl features 4 great guests: Dr. Timothy O'Malley from the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame discusses liturgy in Catholic schools; Jill Anable from the Dio of Grand Rapids & Julie Cantillon from the Dio of San Diego discuss their innovative professional development programs; and Bernard Dumond discusses work supporting Cat...

Episode 154 of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour with Dr. Tim Uhl presents two great conversations which happened at the NCEA 2019 Convention.  First, Sr. Angie Shaughnessy of LMU discusses legal issues in and around Catholic schools and then a panel of Catholic university leaders (Tom Kiely from Marquette, Sr. Rosemarie Nassif from LMU, and Kristin Melley from the Roche Center at Boston Coll...

This week's Catholic School Matters Radio Hour (Episode 153) is five great conversations between Dr. Tim Uhl and Catholic school leaders from across the country.  Jason Curtis, the principal of Cardinal Gibbons HS; Steve Perla, the superintendent from Fall River; Dr. Beate Nguyen, the principal of St. Augustine in LA; Dr. Paul Barker, president of OL Good Counsel HS in MD; and Mary Ann Murphy, the...

Episode #152 of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour contains a great conversations with Bishop George Murry (1:17 mark) of Youngstown about bishop accountability, Dr. Liz Guneratne (17:47) of Moreau Catholic HS discussing the joys of being a principal, and Dr. Dan DiLeo (43:08) of Creighton University discussing Laudato Si.  #catholicschoolmatters

In this episode of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour, Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by 5 great Catholic school leaders from the Archdioces of Agana.  First, Superintendent Richard Alvia discusses the Catholic school landscape and then 4 Catholic school leaders--an elementary principal, a high school principal, a high school theology teacher, and a president all share their experience and journey as C...

The Catholic School Matters Radio Hour for March 27th focuses on the Cristo Rey High School model.  Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by Elizabeth Goettl, the CEO of the Cristo Rey network; three students and three teachers from Cristo Rey New York HS; and two staff members from the Corporate Work Study program from NYC.  It's a great look inside the innovative Catholic school model serving underprivileged st...

The Catholic School Matters Radio Hour for March 13, 2019 hosted by Dr. Tim Uhl has three guest conversations: Dr. Tim McNiff, the retiring superintendent for the Archdiocese of New York Catholic Schools; Abigail Akano, the principal of one of the Partnership Schools in NYC (Sacred Heart School in the Bronx); and Katie Prejean, the youth ministry speaker/author/presenter.  #catholicschoolmatters

Four great conversations on this week's Catholic School Matters Radio Hour.  First, Dr. Massimo Faggioli joins Dr. Tim Uhl to discuss the current leadership crisis in the church; anti-bullying author Jodee Blanco then discusses her work and its application to Catholic schools; Caroline Sliney, the Head of School for Blessed Sacrament in NYC, talks about her school's successes; and Jack Peterson of...

Four great conversations on this week's Catholic School Matters Radio Hour.  First, Dr. Massimo Faggioli joins Dr. Tim Uhl to discuss the current leadership crisis in the church; anti-bullying author Jodee Blanco then discusses her work and its application to Catholic schools; Caroline Sliney, the Head of School for Blessed Sacrament in NYC, talks about her school's successes; and Jack Peterson of...

The Catholic School Matters Radio Hour is a combination of three great conversations with Dr. Tim Uhl.  The first guest is Dr. Brandi Odom-Lucas from Verbum Dei HS in Los Angeles and the second is Brigid Cashman from Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago.  Both guests share the unique stories of their respective schools.  Then Dr. Timothy Walch comes on to discuss 19th century tensions in and aro...

Dr. Tim Uhl on the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour is joined by 4 guests who are all playing major roles in the upcoming NCEA Annual Convention April 23-25 in Chicago: Matt Russell (3:00) from NCEA discusses the logistics and the offerings; counselor and speaker Roy Petitfils (14:50) discusses his talk; keynote speaker Dr. Ann Garrido (30:19) discusses her hopes for her presentation; and Cathol...

The January 30th Catholic School Matters Radio Hour starts with a leadership lesson from Kent Hickey, president of Seattle Prep.  Then attention shifts to Bismarck, North Dakota.  Host Dr. Tim Uhl meets with Gerald Vetter, the president of Light of Christ Catholic Schools, to discuss their remarkable success and then with Mike McMahon of the University of Mary who discusses their enrollment growth...

Four great guests join Dr. Tim Uhl on the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour to celebrate School Choice Week: John Schoenig of ACE/Notre Dame, Myles Mendoza of Empower Illinois, Jonathan Priest from Our Lady of Charity in Cicero, and Courtney Collins-Shapiro from the Drexel Fund.  The panelists discuss progress on school choice and the challenges ahead.  #catholicschoolmatters

Guardian Catholic Schools in Jacksonville, Florida is spotlighted on this week's Catholic School Matters Radio Hour.  Serving a predominantly African-American student population and benefitting from Florida's school choice program, Guardian Catholic Schools' president, teachers, former superintendent, and current students all help explain its special mission #catholicschoolmatters

This week's episode of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour sponsored by NCEA is focused on Disaffiliation.  Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by three great guests who discuss disaffiliation--Dr. Julie Rubio from the Jesuit School of Theology, John Vitek the CEO of Saint Mary's Press, and Dr. Patrick Manning of Seton Hall.  #catholicschoolmatters