Kent Hickey

Kent Hickey

Kent Hickey is an attorney who served for 24 years as head of three Catholic high schools. He currently serves as the director of leadership formation at ILEE (Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Education). Hickey is the author of 40 Days with God, published by Paraclete Press. 

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Rows of school desks and chairs (Unsplash/MChe)

Consult the faithful on ministerial covenants for Catholic school teachers

When determining covenantal expectations for Catholic school educators — including what "conduct or lifestyles" should be grounds for termination — bishops should listen to the faithful.

A woman administers ashes on the forehead of a priest during a prayer service for repentance and healing for clergy sexual abuse Aug. 22 at Our Lady of the Brook in Northbrook, Illinois. (CNS/Chicago Catholic/Karen Callaway)

Every Catholic, lay and clergy, is called to confront evil of abuse

Commentary: Frustrated that the church has drifted so far from the mission of Christ? Do something about it. Laity should unite and petition their bishops to address the abuse crisis head-on.

Women's voices are missing amid discussions of sex assault, power abuse

Commentary: Stories of sexual assault and abuse of power, dating back to biblical times, persist today. A broader question from back then also remains: Whose voice is missing?

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