The Catholic School: Avenue to Authenticity

Authors

  • Denis McLaughlin Australian Catholic University

Abstract

A document from the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education has confirmed that the fundamental purpose of Catholic schools is to create an educational environment promoting authentic humanity. This position has its basis in a Catholic concept of personhood, which underpins the thrust of the 1998 Roman document, The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium. This article outlines a philosophical framework for Catholic education and establishes a comprehensive theological foundation for community living. Education, the life of faith, and the common good all come under the rubric of authentic humanity.

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Published

2000-03-01

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McLaughlin, D. (2000). The Catholic School: Avenue to Authenticity. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 3(3). Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/cej/article/view/154

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2000)

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