Keep Conscience Protection for Health Care Workers

Conscience ProtectionDoes the government have the right to tell you what you can or cannot think, or should a person’s conscience be protected under the law? If you value the ability to think for yourself, make your own decisions, and live by those decisions, then urge the Obama administration to keep the Health and Human Services regulation which guarantees conscience protection for health care workers.

For more information, see the Conscience Protection Resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Catholic School 8th Grader Uses YouTube to Find Job for Dad

Ben Gullett
Ben Gullett

Ben Gullett, an eighth grader at Nativity Catholic School in Tampa, Florida, is learning economics the hard way: his dad Mark recently lost his job as a marketing executive with the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey franchise . But Ben is also learning about marketing. He’s created a YouTube video to help his dad get a new job, and he’s drawn almost 20,000 viewers to see him flip through cards that tell his dad’s story.

The video tells potential employers about Ben’s dad, but more than that, it’s Ben’s way of expressing his admiration and love for his father. See for yourself in the video below, and if you know anyone looking for an experienced marketer, download Mark’s work profile and pass it on.

Read more about Ben and his Dad at TampaBay.com.

St. Patrick’s Day Video Feature of the Week

St. Patrick
St. Patrick

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, this week’s video is a retelling of St. Patrick’s life from the adorable series Give Up Yer Aul Sins. Cathal Gaffney directed this short which takes recordings of school children telling Bible and saint stories and animates them in a documentary style. This one of the cutest films I’ve ever seen, and rightly deserved the Oscar nomination it received.

You might consider recording your own students telling stories of the saints and then setting their narrations to pictures using iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, or some other video editing software.

Catholic School News for March 13, 2009

Here’s the good word in Catholic schools around the world this week: