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Following his series of dispatches from Rome (see parts one, two, and three), Michael Van Hecke (�86) recently for the above interview with the Cardinal Newman Society. �Two things struck me particularly,� he said of the conference. �One was the real commitment and passion by virtually every speaker about the importance of really making sure everybody keeps Christ in Catholic education, and [two] that Catholic education is still worth fighting for.�

An American delegate to the World Congress on Catholic Education, Mr. Van Hecke is the headmaster of St. Augustine Academy, a K-12 classical school in Ventura, California. He is also the president of the Catholic Schools Textbook Project and the president and founder of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education.