"Remember, the church managed without Catholic Schools for centuries."
The argument doesn't make sense. Parochial schools (what I'm guessing you mean by "Catholic Schools") are relatively new, but that's because the idea of giving everybody an education is relatively new. More or less as soon as there was a movement to educate the masses,…
"Remember, the church managed without Catholic Schools for centuries."
The argument doesn't make sense. Parochial schools (what I'm guessing you mean by "Catholic Schools") are relatively new, but that's because the idea of giving everybody an education is relatively new. More or less as soon as there was a movement to educate the masses, the church created parochial Schools. And before that time the education that was available was at least partially religious.
Also, to concede general education would be a mistake. In secularization countries the general education students receive would undermine everything they're being taught in CCD. For example, if they learn an anti-Catholic version of history in school, or have their worldview shaped in a secular mold, their CCD classes will need to take time to counteract all of that if they want any chance of success. When all is said and done, the kids will have lost significant time for faith formation because of the need to address the misinformation from their secular education.
My grandparents came from the old world. They learned to read and write at church.
Their were no public schools in my grandfathers/grandmothers hometowns. My family came to the USA for a better life. In America, my father , my mother ,and their siblings went to public schools. After world war 2, there was a baby boom. It was cheaper for the government to give credits to families to send their kids to Catholic Schools as opposed to building more public schools. When the baby boom was over, government changed their tune.
"Remember, the church managed without Catholic Schools for centuries."
The argument doesn't make sense. Parochial schools (what I'm guessing you mean by "Catholic Schools") are relatively new, but that's because the idea of giving everybody an education is relatively new. More or less as soon as there was a movement to educate the masses, the church created parochial Schools. And before that time the education that was available was at least partially religious.
Also, to concede general education would be a mistake. In secularization countries the general education students receive would undermine everything they're being taught in CCD. For example, if they learn an anti-Catholic version of history in school, or have their worldview shaped in a secular mold, their CCD classes will need to take time to counteract all of that if they want any chance of success. When all is said and done, the kids will have lost significant time for faith formation because of the need to address the misinformation from their secular education.
My grandparents came from the old world. They learned to read and write at church.
Their were no public schools in my grandfathers/grandmothers hometowns. My family came to the USA for a better life. In America, my father , my mother ,and their siblings went to public schools. After world war 2, there was a baby boom. It was cheaper for the government to give credits to families to send their kids to Catholic Schools as opposed to building more public schools. When the baby boom was over, government changed their tune.