The Catholic School Must Remember the Family

Posted by Therese Benz on Feb 3, 2021 7:06:00 AM

The task of the Catholic school is to teach its students to behold reality, to make sense of what they encounter around and within them. Beyond simply presenting the breadth and depth of human knowledge to its students, it must preach the Gospel, integrating that human knowledge into an authentically Christian worldview and forming its students to be disciples of Jesus. The result ought to be “a synthesis of culture and faith, and a synthesis of faith and life” (The Catholic School, §37).

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Topics: family, family life, parish life, Catholic Schools Week, Catholic schools

Liturgy and Education, Part 4: Celebrating Liturgies in the Family

Posted by Timothy O'Malley on Jun 10, 2020 7:14:00 AM

Thus far in this series, we have looked at the intersection of liturgy and education in both the school and the parish. Here, I turn to the last educational milieu we will consider in this series: the family.

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Topics: liturgy, family, Liturgy Week, domestic church, liturgy and education

Great Holiday Expectations

Posted by Timothy Pisacich on Nov 26, 2019 7:02:00 AM

Like the majority of Thanksgivings since I moved from the east coast to South Bend for grad school, I will be away from my family. In response to my absence, I will once again call home, be placed on speaker phone and passed around the table while I do my best to hear the person on the line. My initial plea, “No, not speaker phone,” is most often lost in the shuffle.

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Topics: healing, family, holidays, Thanksgiving

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