Author discusses Kohlberg's developments and feels they can help in the development of a mature moral consciousness. (GB)

The National Catechtical Directory will be a pastoral and practical document that will be officially issued by the American Bishops. (Author)

Using data from the High School and Beyond Study, compares Catholic high school students attending parochial schools with those attending other high schools in terms of their attendance at religious services, self-ratings of their religiousness, and ratings of the importance of certain life priorities. (DMM)

Describes and evaluates four approaches to helping Catholic adolescents in their moral growth: using case studies to build knowledge of values and morality; providing moral models with whom young people can identify; presenting a positive ideology; and helping students recognize and respond to God's presence in their lives. (AYC)

Asserts that the text, Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, accommodates the four periods and all liturgical rites of the catechumenal process for adults to children of catechetical age. Suggests that this formation model for catechesis helps parish directors and Catholic school principals foster true conversion in students who do not belong in…

Stresses the importance for Catholic school educators to reveal the Christian message through every gesture of behavior and foster an experiential faith in students' lives. States that this demands a great deal of skill, knowledge, and self-awareness on the teacher's part, and requires self-esteem, authentic caring, humility, and communication…