Notre Dame awards grant to Austin Prep

Austin Preparatory School science teachers Maria Blewitt and Stacey Bishop, and Theology teacher Peter DeLuca were recently awarded a grant from the University of Notre Dame to explore the integration of the disciplines of science and religion.

Sponsored by the university's Institute for Church Life, the grant will send the teachers at the Reading school to New Orleans this summer. Their work in the Crescent City will equip the team with approaches that expand the dialogue between the disciplines and that challenge the notion that science and religion are in conflict.

Program highlights include: Inspiring talks from leading scientists and theologians; development of lesson plans and teaching materials with curriculum experts; and collaboration with seminar faculty on how to develop an elective course in science and religion for high school students, something Austin Prep will be launching in 2017. More than 100 Catholic schools from across the United States applied for this competitive program.