Catholic School Matters

Dr. Guadalupe Perez (1:20) Supt of the Diocese of Laredo & Sylvia Benning (16:19) principal of a border Catholic school in San Diego, join Dr. Tim Uhl on the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour to discuss how the changes in immigration policy have impacted their Catholic schools.  Then Stephanie Saroki de Garcia (39:49) reveals the innovative efforts of Seton Education Partners #catholicschoolmatters

Dr. Kevin Baxter (0:47) of NCEA and Maureen Dowling (46:08) of the US Dept of Education join Dr. Tim Uhl on the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour.  Dr. Baxter discusses his innovation efforts and Maureen Dowling explains how the Office of Non-Public Education serves Catholic and private schools #catholicschoolmatters

The Nov 27th Catholic School Matters Radio Hour presents three great guests: Dr. Michelle Lia (1:47) of the Greeley Center at Loyola-Chicago, Helen Dahlman (25:26) of the Catholic Schools Center for Excellence in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, and Dr. Gail Donahue (43:08) from Notre Dame of Maryland.  The guests join Dr. Tim Uhl and discuss the value of coaching and quality professional development.  #catholicschoolmatters

On the Nov 20th Catholic School Matters Radio Hour, host Dr. Tim Uhl is joined by two outstanding guests: Dr. Frank O'Linn, the Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Cleveland, comes on to discuss leadership, goals for the diocesan schools, and his ministry; Dr. Tiffany Boury of Franciscan University in Steubenville, describes their new online Masters of Catholic Leadership and the progress of their innovative new program #catholicschoolmatters

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 article on the same topic #catholicschoolmatters

The Oct 30th Catholic School Matters Radio Hour hosted by Dr. Tim Uhl focuses on the Espinoza case which has the potential to overturn all state Blaine amendments.  Matthew Brower (1:52) from the MT Catholic Conference explains the origin of the case, Attorney Erica Smith of the Institute for Justice (20:10) explains the legal arguments of the case, and Andrea Picciotti-Bayer (42:21) from the Catholic Foundation argues for the merits of the case.  #catholicschoolmatters

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.  #catholicschoolmatters

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 Christ Catholic School's Gerald Vetter (48:19).  #catholicschoolmatters

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 Crowley of St. John's Prep of MA (31:19) describes their wellness programs supporting student health.

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 Catholic schools #catholicschoolmatters