A message from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., for Catholic Schools Week 2025
Every generation has the obligation and responsibility to educate the next generation. That involves the teaching of subjects like math and science, language and literature, history and health, among others.
Catholics are no less bound than their public counterparts to educate their young in the same subjects. There is something else, however, that is not merely a subject in the curriculum found in public schools but, rather, an atmosphere, a culture, an environment, a spirit, yes, even a vernacular that pervades the Catholic school community … and that is the Catholic faith. In the Catholic school, the Catholic religion is a subject to be taught, learned, loved and lived well beyond its doors.