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Momentum
The Official Journal of the National Catholic Educational Association
 
September/October 2009
Theme: The Vitality of Catholic Schools
Table of Contents
Below you will find a table of contents, along with additional information and references for selected articles.

Editorials
Editorial: Catholic Schools as Models of Inspiration and Innovation - Shane Martin 
 
Impulse: Mission and Faith are Sources of Vitality - Karen Ristau
 
Special Theme: The Vitality of Catholic Schools
Toward a Working Lay Model of Catholic Independent Schools - Kevin J. Ruth
What can lay leaders do to maintain the Catholicity of an institution formerly run by a religious order?
 
Seattle’s Fulcrum Foundation Raises $43 Million to Secure the Future of Catholic Schools - Sue Mecham
“Fulcrum” was chosen to appeal to a wide audience and to describe the foundation’s key strategy of leveraging gifts from one area to help another.
 
Ten Years Later…and Miles Ahead - Molly Dumas
Skaggs Catholic Center Flourishes at the Foot of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains.
 
Meet the Increasing Needs of Medically Fragile Children Becoming More Important - Nancy Vaughn Eder
Administrators now must consider if the school can meet the medical needs of all students.
 

From the Field: Mercyhurst College, St. Gregory Parish School Join as Partners in New Model of Sustainability for Catholic Schools - Deborah Morton

College discount honors K-16 commitment to Catholic education.

Catholic Education Collaborative in Dayton Provides New Support to Catholic Education - Laurie Cross

Dayton Deanery and University of Dayton create programs for new model of K-12 education.

From the Field: Support Your Enrollment Efforts By Adding Some Drama - Stephen Brown

Dramatic productions offer an educational opportunity to local students and provide the perfect time for a school to showcase its campus.

Writing the Fund Development Plan - Carole J. Pence

An organizational fund development plan places financial figures on the goals, objectives and priorities identified in strategic planning.

From the Field: Rome Program Brings Brothers and Lay Leaders Together - Jeffrey W. Mancabelli

Brothers and lay Lasallians together promote the Lasallian mission.

General Section
Ten Tips for Increasing Student Participation in Singing at School Masses - Kathy Cameron
 
Visit to Montana Helps Baltimore Students Discover a Larger “Lasallian World” - Marc Parisi
 
Taking Care of Business - Carol Cimino, SSJ
 
Following in the Footsteps of St. Paul - Patricia Helene Earl, IHM
 
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Awards Recognize Philanthropy - Diego Contreras
 
Vocations
Sowing the Seeds of a Culture of Vocations - Ellyse Marie Ramirez, OP
 
Departments
Association News
 
Resources Ready to Use
 
DRE Directions
One More Way to Reach Out to Overburdened Families - Jeannie Bission

Capitol Info

Put Children Before Politics - Sister Dale McDonald, PBVM
 
Technology Trends

The Digital Continent and Catholic Education - Sister Angela Ann

Zukowski, MHSH

 
Book Reviews

The Street Stops Here by Patrick McCloskey, review by John Maher

 

African Saints, African Stories by Camille Lewis Brown, review by Joseph Sinwell