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There was a small Catholic population in the English colonies, chiefly in Maryland. It supported local schools, often under Jesuit auspices. The Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first Black order of nuns, pioneered in educating Black children in the area, founding St. Frances Academy in 1828 (the first and oldest Black Catholic school in the US).
St. Thomas High School, a Catholic high school in Houston. Catholic schools in the United States constitute the largest number of non-public, Christian schools in the country. They are accredited by independent and/or state agencies, and teachers are generally certified.
Catholic education has been identified as a positive fertility factor; Catholic education at the college level and, to a lesser degree, at secondary school level is associated with a higher number of children, even when accounting for the confounding effect that higher religiosity leads to a higher probability of attending religious education. [9]
Benedictine College School of Engineering (Atchison, Kansas) Catholic University School of Engineering (Washington, D.C.) Christian Brothers University School of Engineering (Memphis, Tennessee) Fairfield University School of Engineering (Fairfield, Connecticut) Gannon University College of Engineering and Business (Erie, Pennsylvania)
Catholic schools in the United States: An encyclopedia (2 vol, 2004). vol 2 online; Morris, Charles R. American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church (1998), popular history; O'Toole, James M. The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America (2008) Thomas, J. Douglas. "A Century of American Catholic History."
San Miguel Mission, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, established in 1610, is the oldest church in the United States.. The Catholic Church in the United States began in the colonial era, but by the mid-1800s, most of the Spanish, French, and Mexican influences had demographically faded in importance, with Protestant Americans moving west and taking over many formerly Catholic regions.
In Europe, most universities with medieval history were founded as Catholic. Many of them were rescinded to government authorities in the Modern era. Some, however, remained Catholic, while new ones were established alongside the public ones. The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of higher education in the world.
Catholic education may refer to: Catholic school, primary and secondary education organised by the Roman Catholic Church or affiliated organisations; Catholic higher education, higher education run by the Catholic Church or affiliated organisations; Seminary, a training school for students to become priests; Doctor of Sacred Theology, an ...