There are at least two ways to think about the Common Good. One is the intentional, direct attempt to provide benefits to those beyond oneself and those connected to oneself. The second consists of those unintended consequences of the pursuit of some other benefit, usually private but not necessarily so. Probably the best-known example is that of the invisible hand of the market in economic activity. For purposes of this paper, I will deal mostly with the benefits that accrue beyond the immediate constituents/clients/producers of Catholic schools: The unintended, beneficial consequences to the larger society of the actions of those who support and provide Catholic schooling in the U.S.