The Journal of Catholic Education (formerly Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice), is currently managed and edited by the University of Notre Dame and digitally hosted by Loyola Marymount University. We are an open access journal representing Catholic colleges and universities, Catholic education leaders, and scholars from a variety of disciplines who are collectively committed to contributing research and encouraging best practice in Catholic elementary, secondary, and higher education by advancing the field of Catholic educational research.

Mission

The Journal of Catholic Education is a refereed, open access, online journal that promotes and disseminates scholarship about the purposes, practices, and issues in Catholic education at all levels.

Governing Board

Boston College
Creighton University
DePaul University
Fordham University

Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Saint Louis University
University of Dayton

University of Notre Dame
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco

Current Issue: Volume 29, Issue 1 (2026)

Introduction

The editors are pleased to release the latest issue of the Journal of Catholic Education. The scholarship contained in this issue reflects the wide variety of topics of interest to global Catholic education at all levels, from K-12 through higher education. Thank you for your interest in reading this research, and thank you to all authors, reviewers, and editors for making this publication possible. We are grateful for all of the governing board institutions for continuing to support the Journal of Catholic Education and allowing this scholarship to be made available as an online open access publication.