“A preferential option for the poor” should be maintained in our Catholic Schools. If we find that we cannot afford to keep our schools open to the poor, the Church should be ready to use its resources for something else which can be kept open to the poor. We cannot allow our Church to become a church primarily for the upper classes whil…
“A preferential option for the poor” should be maintained in our Catholic Schools. If we find that we cannot afford to keep our schools open to the poor, the Church should be ready to use its resources for something else which can be kept open to the poor. We cannot allow our Church to become a church primarily for the upper classes while leaving the poor in public schools. The priority should be given to the poor even if we have to let the middle-class and rich fend for themselves.
Practically speaking, the Catholic Schools must give up general education in those countries where the State is providing it. The resources of the Church could then be focused on “Confraternity of Christian Doctrine” and other programs which can be kept open to the poor. These resources could then be used to help society become more human in solidarity with the poor. Remember, the Church managed without Catholic Schools for centuries. It can get along without them today. The essential factor from the Christian point of view is to cultivate enough Faith to act in the Gospel Tradition, namely, THE POOR GET PRIORITY. The rich and middle-class are welcome too. But the poor come first.
I never heard that the Church got along without Catholic schools. In fact, Pope Sylvester II, Pope in the year 1,000, was taught by the local monks. He came from a very impoverished background but his intelligence was recognized by his family and the local priest ... and the rest is history.
Further, the difference between children taught all day long in a Catholic environment today vs. all day long in public schools in terms of their faith is incredible. I saw a child move from Catholic school to public and fall steadily behind his contemporaries in the faith. An hour a week is simply not enough to "help society become more human".
Practically speaking, if you teach the poor how to be Christian and don't teach the rich, then the rich won't be Christian and of course, won't share. Why should they? Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat would like a word.
“A preferential option for the poor” should be maintained in our Catholic Schools. If we find that we cannot afford to keep our schools open to the poor, the Church should be ready to use its resources for something else which can be kept open to the poor. We cannot allow our Church to become a church primarily for the upper classes while leaving the poor in public schools. The priority should be given to the poor even if we have to let the middle-class and rich fend for themselves.
Practically speaking, the Catholic Schools must give up general education in those countries where the State is providing it. The resources of the Church could then be focused on “Confraternity of Christian Doctrine” and other programs which can be kept open to the poor. These resources could then be used to help society become more human in solidarity with the poor. Remember, the Church managed without Catholic Schools for centuries. It can get along without them today. The essential factor from the Christian point of view is to cultivate enough Faith to act in the Gospel Tradition, namely, THE POOR GET PRIORITY. The rich and middle-class are welcome too. But the poor come first.
I never heard that the Church got along without Catholic schools. In fact, Pope Sylvester II, Pope in the year 1,000, was taught by the local monks. He came from a very impoverished background but his intelligence was recognized by his family and the local priest ... and the rest is history.
Further, the difference between children taught all day long in a Catholic environment today vs. all day long in public schools in terms of their faith is incredible. I saw a child move from Catholic school to public and fall steadily behind his contemporaries in the faith. An hour a week is simply not enough to "help society become more human".
Practically speaking, if you teach the poor how to be Christian and don't teach the rich, then the rich won't be Christian and of course, won't share. Why should they? Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat would like a word.