"Research has proven that Catholic schools provide a uniquely powerful education for the child’s spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social growth. It is the Church’s responsibility to cultivate in our young people strong religious, spiritual, and moral knowledge of the world in which they live, and to prepare them for what is to come. Catholic schools provide rigorous academic programs that make the future for our students all the more promising, and they do so in the context of addressing the entirety of the human person. Without spiritual development all education is fundamentally flawed." (Together, We Produce Great People, January 2008)
As Archbishop of Hartford, I place Catholic school education as a priority ministry. It is my hope that Catholics and the civic community at large will increasingly recognize the advantages that our schools provide in educating children for a lifetime.
Pastoral Letter: Together, We Produce Great People. January 2008
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