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Carolyn Woo

Carolyn Woo, a columnist for Catholic News Service, is distinguished president's fellow for global development at Purdue University and served as the CEO and president of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services from 2012 to 2016.

New life in Catholic education

September 9, 2020
By Carolyn Woo
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

The dogged efforts to hold on to or retrofit legacy models failed to halt the large-scale exit of about half of Catholic schools since the ’60s. Nevertheless, in the past two decades, with urgency and many people stepping up, new approaches and mindsets have burst with boldness and vigor.

From disaster, an Easter people rise

April 9, 2020
By Carolyn Woo
Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Guest Commentary

This plague has opened our hearts and minds to questions that we should have been asking all along: What is most important to us? Do we love well? What can we count on?

Let people know they matter

February 7, 2019
By Carolyn Woo
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

Let this Valentine’s Day be an opportunity to let people know that they matter to us.

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