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The Purpose of Catholic Education and the Role of the State. Catholic educational institutions should have three goals in order to be able to fulfil their primary mission to allow students to “encounter the living God who in Jesus Christ reveals his transforming love and truth” (Pope Benedict XVI). Christiaan Alting von Geusau & Philip Booth.
- Introduction
- Education and The Role of The Family
- Education and The Role of The School
- Education and The Role of The State
- The Limits of State Involvement in The Life of The School
- Concluding Remarks and Recommendations
- References and Further Reading For This Unit
- Papal Encyclicals and Other Church Documents Referred to in This Unit
- Questions For Discussion
- Footnotes
The Christian is called to promote the welfare of family, friends and wider society. This commitment to the good of the other is manifested in many ways, including active involvement in community, social and cultural groups which seek to improve society. Education is one such venture. For the Christian, authentic education (primary, secondary and t...
In Catholic teaching, the family is the primary setting for education. It is the non-negotiable role of parents to lead their children to knowledge of what it means to be human. As it was stated in Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia, the family thus becomes a place of socialisation where good customs, right behaviour and virtue ar...
In the first place, the Catholic school positions itself as an extension of the natural family, opening its doors to all families, including those of no particular religious affiliation. Alongside the question of how a Catholic school can successfully accommodate people of all religious traditions (which is not a theme of the present chapter), ther...
Like the Church, the state is not a monolith. It is important, however, to distinguish between the state and civil society. The latter is a fluid term encompassing a wide range of voluntary organisations, charities, businesses, professional groupings and such like. What seems to unite such bodies is their voluntary nature and dependence on the supp...
While the majority of faith schools have a Christian foundation, the rise of such schools linked to other religions does raise questions about how such varied provision sits within a socially pluralist system: Debates about Catholic schools are rooted in wider discussions about the role of religion in educational provision. Traditionally, denominat...
Catholic social teaching, if it is truly to run through the life of the Catholic school, will support a knowledge-rich curriculum. However, if parents are the primary educators of children, there is a related urgency to advance the Church’s commitment to supporting parents in this mission. While the Catholic school and its teachers do have a natura...
Adler, M. (1984), The Paideia Programme: An Educational Syllabus, USA: Institute for Philosophical Research. Alting von Geasau, C. and Booth, P. M. (2013), Catholic Education in the West: Roots, Reality, and Revival, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Acton Institute. Arthur, J. (1994), Admissions to Catholic schools: Principles and Practice, British Journal ...
Congregation for Catholic Education (1988), The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School. http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccatheduc/documents/rc_con_ccatheduc_doc_19880407_catholic-school_en.html Congregation for Catholic Education (2009), Circular Letter to Presidents of Bishops’ Conferences on Religious Education in S...
What are the respective role of the school and the family in the education of children? The Church teaches that Catholic schools should be funded in the same way as state schools and that there should be no state school monopoly. Should the modern western state fund schools of other religions and of humanists in the same way as it funds Catholic sc...
See: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20150520_udienza-generale.html See: Pope Benedict XVI (2008), Letter to the Faithful and the Diocese of Rome on the Urgent Task of Educating Young People, available at https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2008/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20080121_e...
Sep 25, 2013 · Young men and women graduating from Catholic schools and universities should have the keen understanding of being called as Christians to work for the common good and to do so through a life that is deeply rooted in Christ, combined with a vigorous desire to pursue the truth of things, to live through and with reality rather than merely being guided by constantly changing feelings and preferences.
The role of civil society “Civil society exists for the common good, and hence is concerned with the interests of all in general, albeit with individual interests also in their due place and degree,” Pope Leo wrote; this is still relevant today (Leo XIII 1891, no. 51). In Pacem in terris, Pope John XXIII addressed the role of civil society:
St. Mie’s 180 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching 4 9. Economic Justice The economy must serve people, and not the other way around. All persons have a right to dignified work, and to fair wages and working conditions. Work is more than a way to make a living: it is a form of continuing participation in God’s creation.
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According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, punishment by civil authorities for criminal activity should serve three principal purposes: (1) the preservation and protection of the common good of society, (2) the restoration of public order, and (3) the restoration or conversion of the offender. The concept of “redress,” or repair of ...
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