Faith - as it is lived out every day in Catholic schools in the archdiocese and across the country - is highlighted in this year's Catholic Schools Week emphasis issue of the Catholic Voice. The practice of faith also headlines the theme chosen for the week of Jan. 29 through Feb. 5 by the National Catholic Educational Association: "Faith. Academics...

Leah Darrow choked back tears as she told her conversion story to nearly 500 students at V.J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha Jan. 11.

If anyone had questions about the finality of documents suggesting parish and school mergers and collaboration in east Omaha, they could look at one word, stamped in capital letters across each page: "draft."