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Momentum
Official Journal of the National Catholic Educational Association
February/March 2011
Special Theme: Ritualizing and Celebrating
National Catholic Colleges Week
 Table of Contents
Below you will find a table of contents, along with additional information and references for selected articles. The complete issue can be ordered by contacting communications@ncea.org.
Editorials
Impulse: Holy Things to a Way of Living - Karen Ristau
Dr. Ristau reflects on being present to our life experiences, enough that we are responsive to God’s presence in our daily living.
Special Theme: Ritualizing and Celebrating
Calvert Hall College High School Uses Anniversary to Reflect on the Importance of the School and to Create Increased Awareness – Douglas Heidrick
50-year commemoration of a move provides impetus for year-long celebration.
Ten Thousand Celebrate Catholic Schools in Green Bay – Jane Schueller and Pamela Otto
After years of hoping and months of planning, Diocese of Green Bay celebrates a diocesan-wide school Mass.
Re-Claiming and Re-Ritualizing a Most Catholic Festival – Carrie Sallwasser
Reclaiming our Catholic roots and re-imaging the rituals of Mardi Gras could assist our schools and parish schools of religion to be places of joyful gratitude, service and evangelization.
Defining Core Values Leads to a New Charism – Regan McMahon
Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd High School shows how a diocesan school can choose its charism—and why it should.
Teaching Catholic Ritual to Children – Jared Dees
If students are able to make strong connections between what they believe and how they pray and then connect both of these to the larger faith community, they will be able to grow in greater appreciation for their faith throughout their lifelong journeys within the church.
Using Community School Prayer to Create a Calm and Positive Feeling in High School Students – Young-Joon Kim
School prayer is important if it doesn’t become routine and contains personal elements.
New Translation of the Mass Coming for Advent 2011 – David Mathers
Implementation of the new translation will involve the gamut of Catholic educational institutions, most religious and monastic communities as well as all manner of other ecclesial societies.
Reflection Questions
Food for thought while reading this issue’s theme articles, especially useful for theacher and staff in-service sessions.
From the Field
Voices of Peace – Daniel Medinger
U.S. choirs sing for papal Mass during international music festival in Rome.
A Compendium of Ideas from the Field
Here are more ideas—both secular and sacred—that show how NCEA members bring a sense of celebration and ritual to their organizations.
• Diocese of Memphis Institutes a Tradition of Gratitude – Mary C. McDonald
• Saint Mary’s College High School Dedicates Memorial to Alumni Veterans – Jeanne Gray Loughman
• Veterans Day Celebrated Across 5,000 Miles – Mary Stewart
• Elementary Schools Benefit from Campus Minister – Catherine Van Houten, SSJ
• A Year of Celebration and Ritual in Muskegon – Robert Bridges
GirlTalk Science Expo Encourages STEM Careers for Young Girls – Rhonda Bush and Hilary Clement Olson
Features
Low-Interest Tax-Exempt Bond Program Now Available to NCEA Members – David Dudik
Catholic Education Capital Corporation offers access to tax-exempt bonds for new capital expenditures, reimbursing prior capital expenditures and building working capital.
Motivation: It’s All About Me – Barbara R. Blackburn and Abbigail Armstrong
Students who see value in work and experience success are more likely to be motivated.
Vocations
Radical Generosity: The Life of Cornelia Connelly – Lou Ella Hickman, IWBS
Cornelia Connelly faces tremendous adversity in her efforts to educate the whole child.
NCEA Convention and Expo 2011
Get Ready for NCEA 2011 in New Orleans
Annual convention makes its tenth appearance in New Orleans
Includes speakers, program at a glance, NCEA department highlights and registration fees
Departments
Association News
Resources Ready to Use
International Year of Chemistry 2011
Book Reviews
• Service-Learning and Social Justice by Susan Benigni Cipolle, review by Mary C. Mullaly, FMA
Focuses on "using service learning and critical consciousness development as a path to fostering the emergence of engaged citizens who are committed to working for social justice."
• Urban Catholic Education: Tales of Twelve American Cities edited by Thomas C. Hunt and Timothy Walch, review by Maurice O’Connell
A collection of articles by different authors "chronicling the woderfully similar, and yet uniquely personal, development of the Catholic schools in 12 cities of the U.S." during the 1950s.
DRE Directions. C-E-L-E-B-R-A-T-I-O-N – Evelyn Tucker
A guidepost for living a more holy and abundant life.
Capitol Info. 112th Congress: What Direction for Education Policy? – Dale McDonald, PBVM
The House prefers passage of smaller, targeted stand-alone bills rather than a comprehensive reauthorization of the entire law while the Senate is looking to bring a full bill to the floor by early summer.
Catholic Colleges Week
Catholic Colleges Week Celebrates Benefits of Catholic Higher Education
Observance celebrates virtues and successes of Catholic higher education and the impact on the world that Catholic colleges have demonstrated.
A Promising Future from a Successful Past – Michael Galligan-Stierle and Lorraine Slama-Williams
Catholic higher education plays an important role in American society today as it shapes the leaders of tomorrow and serves ana an opportunity to grow in faith.
Catholic Identity is Real and Lived on Catholic College Campuses – Rick Artman
One can experience Catholic education at its richest though the witness of students, faculty and staff who exemplify it.
Newman University Celebrates Beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman – Noreen M. Carrocci
Kansas university puts Newman's educational philosophy into action.
New Web Site Helps High School Students Refine Their College Search
National Catholic College Admission Association debuts enhanced site to promote the value of Catholic higher education and serve students in the transition to college.
Catholic Educators Advocate for Early College Awareness – Pete Collins
National Association for College Admissions Counseling offeres college awareness programs suitable for parishes, middle schools and high schools.
Catholic Colleges and Universities in the United States
A comprehensive list provided byt the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
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