The Catholic Companion Framework for Technology and Innovation

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Faithful Guidance for Catholic Educators Navigating Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Innovation

Artificial intelligence and digital innovation are transforming how we live, learn, and form young people. Catholic education has an opportunity to respond not with fear or fascination, but with faith.

The Catholic Companion Framework for Technology and Innovation helps educators, leaders, and families navigate emerging technologies through a distinctly Catholic lens. Rooted in Scripture, the Catechism, and Catholic Social Teaching, it offers five interwoven strands that guide digital formation from early childhood through higher education.

Each strand invites reflection and action, helping Catholic Educators integrate technology in ways that honor human dignity, foster virtue, and form students who are both rooted in faith and ready for the future.

Whether you are a teacher, principal, parish minister, or parent, this framework provides a shared language and direction for approaching innovation, AI, and emerging technologies as tools for discipleship, creativity, and service to the common good.

Download your free copy below to begin shaping digital formation in your community with confidence, clarity, and conviction.

Pentagon-shaped diagram with a cross at the center, divided into five sections labeled: Co-Creation & Stewardship, Imago Dei, Communion & Solidarity, Wonder, Mystery, & Wisdom, and Moral Conscience & Discerning, with a central theme of Christian values. 
Anchor Strands of the Catholic Companion Framework

What this framework offers…

  • A vision that connects technology and innovation with the mission of Catholic education

  • Practical guidance for weaving faith, formation, and digital learning together

  • Shared language for discussing AI, human dignity, and life online

  • Direction for schools, families, and parishes to guide students with unity and hope

  • Pathways for forming digital disciples who think critically, act creatively, and grow in virtue

  • Grade-band goals and learning progressions that align formation, instruction, and technology use

Bringing the Framework to Life in Schools

The Catholic Companion Framework is designed not only to inspire reflection, but to guide practice. For schools and dioceses seeking structured support in implementation, professional learning is offered through the iDEAL Institute at Loyola Marymount University.

iDEAL is currently the sole authorized provider of Catholic Companion Framework professional learning experiences. Their workshops and formation series help educators apply the Framework to classrooms, leadership, policy, and community life.

Explore Catholic Companion Framework workshops and AI professional learning through iDEAL:
https://soe.lmu.edu/centers/ideal/ccf/