Bishop Hartmayer on the value of Catholic schools
From the Southern Cross
“The value of Catholic schools is not just a value to the church. It has a tremendous effect on society. How people do business, how people live their lives, the values that they live by, the understanding of the role of their faith in daily living. It’s not just something that you act in church, but it’s part of who you are. It affects the way you bring up your children, the way you do business, the way you treat your employees, the way you treat your neighbors. All of that is part of the formation you receive in Catholic schools. In Catholic schools you receive information like any school …in an environment that is disciplined and structured.
“Secondly, it’s a place of formation. We build as a Catholic school system, on what parents … do in terms of raising their children with a set of values and standards and expectations. What the Catholic school can do is reinforce them. … And they will look back on Catholic education and see it was a source, in addition to their family, for the kind of person they’ve become.”
