The Goal of a Catholic School is the Promotion of the Fully Human Person
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10)
The Church’s recent teaching on the purpose of Catholic education states clearly that its goal is the promotion of the human person. What does thismean for the schools and colleges of our diocese? I think it means the following:
The fundamental needs of the human person are the focus of Catholic education – intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual, and eschatological (Our eternal destiny).
These fundamental needs can only be truly fulfilled through a rich and living encounter with the deepest truths about God and the human person.
This is why Christ and His Gospel must be the foundation of the educational project of each school and college, because He is the ‘the perfect Man in whom all human values find their fullest perfection’ (Congregation for Catholic Education, The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School).
Therefore, the Catholic school or college is called to keep the Gospel whole and alive amongst pupils, families, and staff.
