“Catholic schools carry out a great mission, to serve God by building knowledge and character... By teaching the word of God, you prepare your students to follow a path of virtue.” CharacterHumorSchoolPoliticalVirtuePathTeachingStudentsBuildingCatholicMissionsWord Of GodServing GodPolitical HumorCatholic School Author:George W. Bush
“This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member of Congress, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a 20-year old Mexican-American gay college student, and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon, all eulogized by our African American President.” WayYearsAmericaPresidentWhiteStudentsCollegeJudgingRepublicanGayMembersCatholicDemocraticMalesCongressSavedAfrican AmericanCombatMexicanSurgeonsKoreanAmerican PresidentCollege StudentsMexican American Author:Mark Shields
“I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the God I learned about as a Catholic child, as an 18-year-old novice in a religious community, as an agnostic graduate student, as - but who cares about my disguises? Or God's.” YearsChildrenCareCommunityReligiousStudentsCatholicSeekingGraduatesDisguiseAgnosticWho CaresGraduate StudentsNovicesReligious Community Author:Mary Rose O'Reilley
“In one sense, no act of reparation will be satisfactory for those whose lives were so under-valued both as human beings held in slavery and then as human chattel to satisfy the financial indebtedness of a Catholic institution. Nonetheless, the university must also put into place - as it is attempting to do - a program that both admits the horror and error of its past actions and directs its students, faculty, and administrations to an awareness of the dignity of all people, especially those who even today are often considered less than worthy of respect and dignity.” PeopleTodayActionPastAwarenessStudentsHorrorProgramDignityCatholicSlaveryFinancialWorthyDignity And Respect Author:Wilton Daniel Gregory
“Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit.” MindSoulBodySchoolSpiritChallengesStudentsCatholicDevelopingCatholic School Author:David Vitter
“How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority.” ThinkingBelieveSchoolChristianLiteratureJesusChristChallengesTeachMilitaryStudentsAuthorityJesus ChristCatholicPopeCatholic SchoolChristian SchoolsCadetsMilitary School Author:Neal Boortz
“To students: I pray that all those young people who have graduated, do not carry just a piece of paper with them but that they carry with them love, peace and joy. That they become the sunshine of God's love to our people, the hope of eternal happiness and the burning flame of love wherever they go. That they become carriers of God's love. That they be able to give what they have received. For they have received not to keep, but to share.” PeopleGivingAbleYoungJoyPiecesShareStudentsPrayingPaperEternalCatholicBurningFlamesSunshineI PrayGod's LoveCarrierPeace And JoyEternal Happiness Author:Mother Teresa
“A good school provides a rounded education for the whole person. And a good Catholic school, over and above this, should help all its students to become saints.” ShouldPersonsWholeHelpingSchoolStudentsCatholicSaintCatholic SchoolWhole PersonGood School Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Catholic education aims not only to communicate facts but also to transmit a coherent, comprehensive vision of life, in the conviction that the truths contained in that vision liberate students in the most profound meaning of human freedom.” HumansFactsVisionStudentsAimCatholicProfoundCommunicateConvictionComprehensiveTransmitHuman FreedomVision Of LifeCatholic Education Author:Pope John Paul II
“Parochial schools in the United States are also responsible for educating students from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, including many who are non-Catholic.” StatesSchoolUnitedUnited StatesStudentsResponsibleCatholicIncludingWideBackgroundsRangeEthnic Background Author:Mark Foley