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The true value of a Catholic education

September 17, 2010 By Bishop Kevin J. Farrell

Once again the importance of a Catholic education to parents is evident in the enrollment of 15,052 students in Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Dallas. The enrollment data released by Sister Gloria Cain, Superintendent of Schools, on September 17 shows 11,981 students enrolled in 31 diocesan and parochial Catholic schools and 3,071 in private Catholic schools.

Catholic parents are to be admired and commended for making the sacrifices required to provide their children with a Catholic education. In the words of Pope Benedict: “In …Catholic schools, there is always a bigger picture over and above the individual subjects you study, the different skills you learn. All the work you do is placed in the context of growing in friendship with God, and all that flows from that friendship.”

Catholic education not only provides young men and women with a Faith strong enough to endure in an increasingly secularized society, but one that equips them to confront and change that society in light of the gospel message of Jesus Christ.

“The quest for the sacred”, in the Pope’s words, “does not devalue other fields of human enquiry. On the contrary, it places them in a context which magnifies their importance, as ways of responsibly exercising our stewardship over creation”.

A Catholic school must be more than a school that offers religion as a subject, it must be a functioning Christian community that nurtures and enhances the seeds of Faith planted by parents in a loving Christian family.

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Kudos to our Catholic Schools

January 13, 2010 By Bishop Kevin J. Farrell

We all can take pride in the accomplishments of our 37 elementary Catholic schools and their students. Last October, for the first time, all students in grades 1 through 8 took The Iowa Test of Basic Skills, a nationally rated achievement test.

When Sister Gloria Cain, SSND, our Catholic school superintendent, received the results recently, they showed that our Catholic school students scored better than 70 percent of all the students in the United States.

I congratulate the students, teachers and administrators on this significant accomplishment.

Be sure to look for a detailed report in the next edition of The Texas Catholic.

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Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell was appointed Seventh Bishop of Dallas on March 6, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
   
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