She also uses other means which at different times and in different cultures have proved effective in achieving and, promoting the development of the human person. To carry out her saving mission, the Church uses, above all, the means which Jesus Christ has given her.

Means available for the Mission of the ChurchĨ. Evangelisation is, therefore, the mission of the Church that is she must proclaim the good news of salvation to all, generate new creatures in Christ through Baptism, and train them to live knowingly as children of God. Her destiny is to serve humanity until it reaches its fullness in Christ.ħ. Moved by the same Spirit, the Church is constantly deepening her awarness of herself and meditating on the mystery of her being and mission.(2) Thus she is ever rediscovering her living relationship with Christ 'in order to discover greater light, energy, and joy in fulfilling her mission and determining the best way to ensure that her relationship with humanity is closer and more efhcacious'(3) - that humanity of which she is a part and yet so undeniably distinct. To continue His work of salvation, Jesus Christ founded the Church as a visible organism, living by the power of the Spirit.Ħ. In the fulness of time, in His mysterious plan of love, God the Father sent His only Son to begin the Kingdom of God on earth and bring about the spiritual rebirth of mankind. THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND THE SALVIFIC MISSION OFĥ. The Sacred Congregation also addresses itself to all who are responsible for education - parents, teachers, young people and school authorities - and urges them to pool all their resources and the means at their disposal to enable Catholic schools to provide a service which is truly civic and apostolic. To Episcopal Conferences, pastorally concerned for all young Catholics whatever school they attend (1), the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education entrusts this present document in order that they may seek to achieve an effective system of education at all levels which corresponds to the total educational needs of young people today in Catholic schools. This document does not pretend to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject it merely proposes to state the premises that will lead to further fruitful study and implementation.Ĥ. It is in this value that the Catholic school's fundamental reason for existing and the basis of its genuine apostolate is to be found. While acknowledging this duty of the local Churches, the Sacred Congregation believes that now is the opportune moment to offer its own contribution by re-emphasising clearly the educational value of the Catholic school.

Yet the diverse situations and legal systems in which the Catholic school has to function in Christian and non-Christian countries demand that local problems be faced and solved by each Church within its own social-cultural context.ģ. It regards as a prime duty, therefore, the focusing of any attention on the nature and distinctive characteristics of school which would present itself as Catholic. The Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education is aware of the serious problems which are an integral part of Christian education in a pluralistic society. The present document develops the idea of this Declaration, limiting itself to a deeper reflection on the Catholic school.Ģ. In the Council's Declaration Gravissimum Educationis it is discussed in the wider sphere of Christian education. The Catholic school is receiving more and more attention in the Church since the Second Vatican Council, with particular emphasis on the Church as she appears in the Constitutions Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes. THE SACRED CONGREGATION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATIONġ.

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