The future prospects of Catholic schooling are explored first, the need of all schools for libraries and librarians is then examined and finally the discussion is centered on the future of Catholic librarians in both their professional and apostolic capacities. (Author/NH)

During Easter week, 1971, Cincinnati will be the hostess of the 50th anniversary convention of the Catholic Library Association. Items of historical interest concerning the city are briefly described. (NH)

The development of a library section of the Catholic Educational Association into the Catholic Library Association which is commemorating its 50th anniversary, is briefly described. (NH)

Discusses the three major types of professional religious education books and the functions of each, specific ways of determining good religious education books and how to save money on them, and significant religious education journals. (Author)

The contributions made by Catholic institutions of higher education to the development of the total educational process for librarians and the prospects for the 1980's are explored. (5 references) (NH)

The reasons behind the failure of many Catholic magazines and suggestions for preventing future failures are discussed. (NH)

The author sketches his concept of the characteristics of a Christian Educational Community Whether university, college, school or parish) and then focuses on the specific contribution members of the library profession can make in furthering the aims of a truly Christian educational institution. (Author/NH)

A position paper presented to the Catholic National Library Association (CNLA) on Library Education. (Author)

Suggests guidelines on how media can be used by religious educators and others in fostering youth's personal integrity while helping to socialize them into the religious culture. The accent is on the dynamics of the process of religious socialization rather than on specific media. Fourteen references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Discusses the impact of media on youth and suggests some possible directions for the Catholic media, especially in the areas of textbooks, magazines, television, movies, and radio, in responding to the needs of youth. (Author/FM)

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia School System has effectively met the challenge of providing quality library service in its 294 schools, even though few had a professional librarian. The system succeeded through the utilization of 1,100 volunteers and through the instruction of volunteers on a regular basis. Eleven references are listed.…

Comparison of Catholic biography in the 1950s and 1980s highlights prominent titles and publishers. Biographies as a segment of history of the Church in the United States, the author's writing of the biography of DuBourg, and the history of DuBourg's three decades in the American Catholic Church are noted. (EJS)

The recent shift in many Catholic colleges from theology departments to religious studies departments prompts the model suggested: a department with two programs, separate but equal--religious studies and theology. (MBR)

The best current books in the fields of literature and fiction written by or about Catholics are listed and briefly reviewed. (JN)

This transcript of an address to the Catholic Library Association highlights an artifact collection of the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Describes everyday objects with religious motifs from 19th-century America; discusses social and religious changes resulting from industrialization and…