Notre Dame scholars address challenges for Latino Catholic education | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame scholars address challenges for Latino Catholic education Notre Dame scholars address challenges for Latino Catholic education Published: February 11, 2016 Author: Michael O. Garvey Luis Fraga Luis Ricardo Fraga, Arthur Foundation Endowed Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership, Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Political Science and co-director of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, served as co-editor of a special issue of the Journal of Catholic Education, its first issue ever to focus specifically on Latinos and Catholic education. According to Fraga, the Jan. 28 special issue, titled “Latinos, Education, and the Church,” concerns the opportunities and challenges confronting the Catholic Church in providing educational opportunities for the children of Latino families. “Although Latinos now comprise 35 to 40 percent of all Catholics in the U.S., and a much larger share of younger practicing Catholics in the U.S., only 15 percent of students attending Catholic schools are Latinos and only 3 percent of all Latino children attend Catholic schools,” Fraga said. “Notre Dame, through the Institute for Educational Initiatives, the Alliance for Catholic Education and the Catholic School Advantage program, has figured prominently in making this an important issue.” In addition to Fraga, Notre Dame scholars contributing to the issue include Rev. Joseph Corpora, C.S.C., director of university-school partnerships for ACE; Timothy Matovina, professor of theology and co-director of the Institute for Latino Studies, and Andre P. Audette, doctoral student in political science. In the article “¿Es Su Escuela Nuestra Escuela? Latino Access to Catholic Schools,” Father Corpora and Fraga write that the Catholic School Advantage program is just one example of the role Catholic universities can play in “promoting new ideas, identifying supportive interests, and developing additional, innovative institutional relationships and structures that can serve dioceses and schools who want to increase Latino enrollment.” Contact: Luis Fraga, 574-631-4742, Luis.Fraga@nd.edu Posted In: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related August 02, 2022 University of Notre Dame hosts joint conference of national Black Catholic clergy and religious March 27, 2022 Environmental activist Sharon Lavigne to receive Notre Dame’s 2022 Laetare Medal January 13, 2022 Supreme Court must determine religious voices deserve a place in the public square, experts say October 25, 2021 Notre Dame Office of Life and Human Dignity welcomes Gloria Purvis as inaugural pastoral fellow September 23, 2021 Black Catholic Theological Symposium to convene 31st annual meeting at Notre Dame For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn