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Fr. Hardon Archives - Moral and Spiritual Values in Public Education
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Moral and Spiritual Values in Public Education
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
( Text of Speech Delivered at Communion Breakfast of Catholic Teachers Association of Diocese of Brooklyn, May 5, 1962 )
Nowadays every one is talking about moral and spiritual values in public schools.
The first sentence of the massive statement of the Educational Policies Commission
of the National Education Association in 1951 stated that "A great and
continuing purpose of education has been the development of moral and spiritual
values. To fulfill this purpose, society calls upon all its institutions. Special
claims are made on the home and the school because of the central role of these
two institutions in the nurture of the young." 1 In 1955 the National Council
of Churches held a conference on "Religion and Public Education."
Its main resolution was "Since religious truth is a part of our heritage
of truth, it should be included in the child's education wherever relevant to
the subject matter of education." 2
The American Council on Education has published several volumes and in 1957
sponsored a national symposium at Arden House of Columbia University on the
question. In the opinion of the American Council, "the intensive cultivation
of religion is, and always has been, the function of religious institutions.
To create an awareness of its importance is a responsibility of public education.
In creating such an awareness the school is but rounding out its educational
task, which "
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