San Antonio, Texas, Jan 29, 2008 / 14:39 pm
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of San Antonio, said a recent document by the Vatican could spark a resurgence of Catholic schools in the United States.
In a column published by the archdiocesan newspaper, the archbishop recalled the long history of Catholic education in San Antonio dating back as far as the 1850s and 1860s, with the arrival of dedicated members of religious orders like the Marianist Brothers and the Ursuline Sisters.
The times have changed. Catholic education is now largely the work of lay people, who share the church’s teaching mission with a relatively small number of consecrated persons.
To address these challenges, the Vatican’s Congregation for Education issued a document last September called “Educating Together in Catholic Schools”, which the archbishop pointed out, addresses a crucial issue: “the need for all who work in Catholic schools to believe in their vocation as true teachers of the faith.”