Students share what Catholic education means to them The following story appeared in the January 28 Idaho Catholic Register. Traditionally, Treasure Valley Catholic schools’ students gather for a Mass together during Catholic Schools Week. This year, given concerns with a lack of bussing, illness, and other challenges, the schools will not gather for a Mass. Instead, each school recorded a 30-second video of students in their worship space and Bishop Peter Christensen record

The following story appeared in the January 28 Idaho Catholic Register. Francis Muwonge, a St. Joseph Catholic School second-grader, lectors at Mass. (Courtesy photo) By Sarah Quilici A second-grade student stands at the ambo at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and announces, “A reading from the Prophet Isaiah.” This second-grade student is proclaiming the word of God in front of his peers, and he is doing it with poise and confidence. He is also learning how to be pa

The following story appeared in the January 28 Idaho Catholic Register. Salesian spirituality in this 400th year since the death of St. Francis de Sales will be the topic of a two-day retreat in Boise led by Father Joseph Boenzi, S.D.B., a professor at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, Calif. The retreat is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, and continues from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, at St. Mary’s Parish, 2620 W. State St.