After several years working at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, it was a privilege to return as an author in Ethics & Medics on such an important topic.
Smartphones have been made an indispensable appendage for anyone who must function in society. But with their necessity, the challenge to discipline ourselves to use them responsibly is great. For children and their parents, that can be especially difficult.
Teaching history is fundamental to a classical education. It is a collection of memories handed down in stories that define who we are. Those stories are preserved and come to life in great literature through which we can see the historical struggles and triumphs of our shared humanity. We can only truly know who we...
Are our lives meaningless? Absolutely not. Pope Francis wrote in Evangelii Gaudium that “formation in the via pulchritudinis (the way of beauty) ought to be part of our effort to pass on the Faith.” In the Regina Academies, we have an opportunity to surround our students with beauty, whether it be in nature, the liturgy,...
The Incarnation is the foundation of a Catholic curriculum. We teach, with absolute confidence, that we can understand and communicate truth through language. Our goal is that students become masters of words.
We need to win this War FOR Down syndrome, because if we don’t, what will be lost is irreplaceable. It is the loss not only of a large percentage of our population, but the loss of the American soul. As Jerome Lejeune said many years ago, we know the price of this war --- “it...
People who are unwilling to question the systematic identification and destruction of those they consider to be “defective” can’t possibly celebrate with authenticity the achievements and gifts of our loved ones with Down syndrome.
Published July 24, 2015 July 26 marks a momentous anniversary for persons with disabilities living in the United States. On that day in 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the first legislation of its kind focused solely on prohibiting discrimination against persons with disabilities and mandating...
In 2014 I was asked to prepare a monograph on the status of those living with Down syndrome. As of that date, there was no single resource that presented the challenges these people face both, medically and socially, nor the development of resources that gave them hope for the future. The result was this paper....
