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		7/31/2008 National Assessment of Governing Boards Meets Sr. Mary Frances Taymans, Joe McTighe, Karen Ristau and Charles E. Smith at a quarterly meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). Sr. Mary Frances Taymans represents private education on the Board.
		7/22/2008 Back-to-School 2008 Press Kit NCEA is pleased to present this online packet of resources to supplement back-to-school and fall program preparations for journalists, educators and parish leaders. Fun Page items include a crossword puzzle focusing on St. Paul and other fun facts that students and adults will find interesting.
		7/21/2008 Reflecting on Pope Benedict's Address to Catholic Educators Pope Benedict addressed Catholic educators at Catholic University on April 17, 2008. The text of his talk is followed by several discussion questions for elementary, secondary and religious educators and Catholic school board members.
		7/15/2008 Catholic Educators Return from Frontiers of Justice Trip to Ghana and Burkina Faso Six educators from Catholic secondary schools and three leaders have returned from a Frontiers of Justice trip to West Africa. Follow the link below for a glimpse of the warm welcome received from the people of Manni.
		7/3/2008 Record Attendance SPICE's Up Annual Gathering More than 130 attendees from California to Maryland, Minnesota to Texas – and one from Cape Town, South Africa – gathered for the annual SPICE Conference at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachussetts. This year's topic was "Design for Success: New Configurations for Catholic Schools."
		7/2/2008 High School Teachers Travel to Two African Nations Frontiers of Justice is a joint program of Catholic Relief Services and the NCEA which provides firsthand experience of the developing world to Catholic high school teachers to foster global solidarity. This year’s delegation recently departed to Burkina Faso and Ghana.
		6/30/2008 Commemorating the Year of St. Paul NCEA, along with the whole church, is celebrating the launch of the Year of St. Paul, a special “jubilee year” announced by Pope Benedict to mark the 2,000 anniversary of the Apostle Paul's birth. The special year began June 28, 2008 and will run through June 29, 2009.
		6/20/2008 ELEVEN CATECHETICAL SCHOLARS BEGIN TWO-YEAR ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION Congratulations to eleven diocesan and parish directors of religious education or catechetical ministry selected for the Catechetical Scholars IV program. Scholars will gather June 22-27 on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Catechetical Scholars is an initiative of the Department of Religious Education of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA).
		6/16/2008 CATHOLIC EDUCATORS LOSE BRIGHT STAR Washington, D.C. - The last time Tim Russert spoke at the convention of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), the meeting theme was “Catholic Education: Broad Stripes and Bright Stars. Tim was introduced as ‘one of the brightest stars of Catholic education,’" said Karen Ristau, NCEA president. “That meeting was in 2000, but I am confident that Tim Russert’s star is shining even brighter today than it ever has.”
		6/16/2008 Catholic Educators Salute Tim Russert   NCEA mourns the death of Tim Russert, 58, on June 13 from a heart attack. Russert was a product of and supporter for Catholic education. Please follow the link below for more photos.
		5/30/2008 Catholic Students Complete 2 Million Service Hours in Honor of Pope Benedict XVI More than 2 million community service hours have been completed by Catholic school students and youth in honor of Pope Benedict XVI's 81st birthday. An NCEA-sponsored campaign called "Birthday Blessings for Pope Benedict XVI" concluded May 31.
		5/27/2008 Deadline for Birthday Blessings for Pope Benedict Project is May 31 The deadline to enter service hours in honor of Pope Benedict is Saturday, May 31. It is not too late to record your school, college, seminary or parish’s participation in the “Birthday Blessings for Pope Benedict” Project. For more information, go to: (http://ncea.catholic.org) and click on “Pledge Form” in the top left corner.
		5/21/2008 High School Teachers to Visit Burkino Faso and Ghana Six educators from Catholic secondary schools across the nation will participate in Frontiers of Justice June 25 - July 13, 2008, a program designed to give participants a first-hand experience of a developing country while encouraging them to work together in developing strategies and lesson plans that can be brought back to their students in the United States.
		5/12/2008 Graduation Rates for Catholic Schools Highest in Nation The graduation rate at Catholic schools is 99 percent, according to figures compiled by the National Catholic Educational Association.
		4/11/2008 Catholic Students Meet Pope Benedict XVI on His 81st Birthday To Deliver Gift of Community Service At 4:45 p.m. on the Pope’s 81st birthday, April 16, the president of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) and two students from Washington-area Catholic schools met with the pope to deliver a gift of more than 1.7 million hours of community service from U.S. Catholic youth and students. A third student representing the Archdiocese of Washington announced that parishes and schools in the archdiocese collected more than 200,000 bags of food for area food banks in honor of the pope. Copy of the Gift Listing Given to Pope Benedict XVI
		4/10/2008 Catholic Youth Pledge More Than 1 Million Community Service Hours to Honor Pope Benedict XVI on His 81st Birthday Catholic youth across the nation have pledged to perform more than 1.1 million hours of service in honor of Pope Benedict’s XVI’s 81st birthday. The pontiff will turn 81 April 16 during his visit to the Untied States. NCEA asked students in Catholic schools, parish religious education programs, seminaries and colleges to perform service hours in honor of the pope’s visit and birthday. The program was called “Birthday Blessing for Pope Benedict.”
		4/1/2008 CATHOLIC YOUTH PLEDGE SERVICE HOURS IN POPE’S HONOR More than 1,000,000 community service hours have been pledged by Catholic school students and parish youth in honor of Pope Benedict’s  XVI’s 81st birthday, which the Holy Father will observe April 16 during his U.S. visit.
		3/27/2008 Daniel Pink Was a Delegate Hit! Daniel Pink Booksigning Following his presentation, a book signing by the noted speaker and author, Daniel Pink, was an exciting event attended by a number of delegates the the 105th Convention and Exposition and NPCD Convocation.
		3/26/2008 105th Annual NCEA Convention & Exposition Day two of the 105th Annual NCEA Convention & Exposition and NPCD Convocation was greeted with awards and some unique events for our convention. The days events are summarized in the follow-on page.
		3/25/2008 105th Annual NCEA Convention & Exposition   Day one of the 105th Annual NCEA Convention & Exposition and NPCD Convocation was accompanied by awards to those of great service to Catholic education in a number of fields. The awards are summarized in the follow-on page.
		3/19/2008 NCEA Gives Awards at Annual Convention in Indianapolis The National Catholic Educational Association will give more than 70 awards in recognition of outstanding service to Catholic education at its annual convention March 25-28, 2008, in Indianapolis, Ind.

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