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The Purpose of our Education Provision

 

By admitting that we are Catholic school, it means, we can part of the church. We therefore form part of the saving mission of the Church, especially for education in the faith (The Catholic School, 1977, Article 9). The obligation that we have is to foster in her children a full awareness of their rebirth to a new life (The Catholic School, 1977). Moreover, in the document of Catholic School in the Third Millennium, she affirms “….”The person of each individual human being, in his or her material and spiritual needs, is at… Continue reading

Reason to exist as Catholic school

The Purpose of a Catholic School is to be a Catholic School. Any institution which bears the name Catholic and participates in this mission must find its own specific mission under its maternal shadow. The Catholic school must be of, with and for the church because her purpose, identity and mission proceed from the Communion of the Church. In words of Congregation for Catholic school, the church clearly indicates that the establishment of catholic school is for the mission of the church. It asserts that “To carry out her saving mission, the Church uses, above… Continue reading

NEED AND CONTEXT

It has been observed that the recent economic growth in the Asian cities indicate that there has been a breakdown of traditional support systems such as the family because of rapid urbanization and modernization. Moreover, a large number of people are living below the poverty line in impoverished environment in urban and rural communities. Their acute needs for housing, food, health, education, and incomes are the very forces that push adolescents to look for a means of livelihood on the streets, engage in prostitution, be hooked up with crime/drug syndicates, or become victims of sexual… Continue reading