Catholic Education

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Catholic Education Faith Formation East of
the River

• Cardinal Stritch High School
• Good Shepherd Parish
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish
• Sacred Heart Parish
• St. Ignatius Parish
• St. Jerome Parish
• St. Stephen Parish
• St. Thomas Aquinas Parish

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Data Topics

• Catholic Education Faith Formation K-12
• Schools of Religion
• Catholic Schools
• Catholic Schools Enrollment History
• Per Pupil Costs Tuition

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Catholic Education K-12
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Catholic Education Faith Formation K-12

• Not Church of the future but Church today
• All communities responsible and responding
• Impact
• Personal impact
• Community

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Enrollment History

• Enrollment has fluctuated in all schools
  each has experienced an overall decline.
• Sacred Heart -15.1
• St. Jerome -23.7
• STA -16.3
• Cardinal Stritch -6.4
• Numbers alone can be misleading.
• Declining enrollment drives tuition up
  programming down.
• Has School of Religion enrollment changed?

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Tuition/Cost per Pupil

• As enrollment decreases, per pupil cost
  increases.
• A significant gap exists between per pupil cost
  and tuition cost per pupil
• Such gaps limits programming
• Special education
• Foreign language, algebra, etc.
• Arts

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Real Life

• History of Catholic education in the U.S. is
  parochial in nature.
• Blessing
• Burden
• Catholic education is the responsibility of the
  entire Catholic community.
• Statement by USCCB

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What This Means

• You are here.
• Lead the way.
• Dream
• Vision
• Build a new school

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Advent - Season of Hope

• Build a new school
• Not bricks
• Not mortar
• Collaborative effort of the entire Catholic Churh
  East of the River