The Catholic school / Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education. THE SACRED CONGREGATION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION THE SACRED CONGREGATION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL 1977 PUBLICATIONS OFFICE UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE 1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/catholicschoolsacath CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 I. THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND THE SALVIFIC MISSION OF THE CHURCH 4 The Salvific Mission of the Church 4 Means available for the Mission of the Church 4 Contribution of the Catholic school towards the Salvific Mission of the Church 5 The Church’s educational involvement and cultural pluralism 5 II. PRESENT DIFFICULTIES OVER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS 6 Objections raised against Catholic schools 7 Some aspects of schools today 8 III. THE SCHOOL AS A CENTER OF HUMAN FORMATION 9 The general purpose of a school 9 School and attitudes of life 9 The school in today's society 10 IV. THE EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL 11 Specific character of the Catholic school 11 Integration of faith and culture 12 Integration of faith and life 13 Religious teaching 14 The Catholic school as the center of the educative Christian community 15 Other aspects of the educational process in Catholic school 16 The participation of the Christian community in the Catholic schools’ work 17 The Catholic school as a service to the Church and to society .... 18 V. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL TODAY 18 VI. PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS 20 The organization and planning of the Catholic school 20 Ensuring the distinctive Catholic character of the school 21 Involvement of Religious In the school apostolate 22 The Catholic school in mission countries 23 Pastoral care of teachers 23 Economic situation of Catholic schools 24 VII. COURAGEOUS AND UNIFIED COMMITMENT 25 CONCLUSION 27 r mm s ‘'0 .y-3-?i7v; j-rl:\ijpSt. }^ :«l JOrfTi^o'. 3;fiT .^ -‘^ MO iiHr • . ‘ Mi^/ffTHlOTn : / f.nT- 'j V k»* -^ir,^:^^.j^i7f00^^ %r. p>p^^ .jflL , , 4^ p * : '' iwS ' . ^ ’T'raOUO^' 2H ‘-^| . ^ u, -JO .«.v '>s,.7ft:'a<*#,'?ff ’? /v^^sr/' . • ‘->! '^4.> .ail'. . ' t/O --T ' ./ “-l . . ' . D ® ' ' . ’ ' , ' '^ ’ «l ^/•:'. ;. - ... .. .-..-® . ... V|#r uri Jtwck'- « *fi.i " ’*" ' i« Xfi' fCK^ .. I^k...J ^ ’ »'» ’ r '•> ••^ '/o noijft • .•: r; 0'^ .. ........... . e>kja|UP-> '<' .•>>^^u: ^