Dear Parishioners and Friends,
Today
we begin Catholic Schools week. This is an annual celebration of Catholic
education throughout the Church in the United States.
The Second
Vatican Council says
that “a Christian education does not
merely strive for the maturing of a human person… but has as its principal
purpose this goal: that the baptized, while they are gradually introduced the
knowledge of the mystery of salvation, become ever more aware of the gift of
Faith they have received” (Declaration on
Christian Education, 2).
In a Catholic
school students not only receive an excellent academic education but, more
importantly, they learn about God and faith in an integral way; that is, the
spiritual formation of children is incorporated in everything they learn and
do. It is not just a matter of having religion class and saying prayers but
that children learn about God and their faith in reading, math, science,
through discipline, the charity of the teachers, etc. As the mission statement
of St. John Vianney School puts it, “St. John Vianney Regional School is a
Catholic community dedicated to living faith in Jesus Christ from Preschool
through 8th Grade.”
Thank you to all
our parishioners who are the greatest benefactors to our school.
In Christ,
Msgr. Baker
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