Choosing faith for our children
It's the time of year when children are starting to look forward to new primary and secondary schools - such an exciting time but concurrently, it can be a stressful time for parents and children.
Knowing how much parents love their children and want the best for them, the choice of where their child will be educated for the next 6 or 4 years or more can be quite a big decision.
Important questions arise as to the quality of education the child may receive at a certain school vs another school. The atmosphere the child will need to thrive in is also important.
As Catholic parents who have promised God and the Church that we will raise our children to be faithful Catholics, we have an added responsibility to question whether the school we will put our children in will teach them the way of the faith.
Even if we have ultra faithful and religious homes where we take the time to fulfil the role as the first catechists of the children, nothing can replace the child's experience of being educated and nurtured in a school that includes Catechism and Mass and daily prayers as part of their curriculum.
Catholic schools also give the children the opportunity to be faith leaders to those younger than them in the school and open their worldview to understand that we all play a role in being faith leaders in our daily living to the people we meet.
At the start of this journey for our children, we ask ourselves the kind of adults we wish them to be.
Successful? Sure.
Having a faith that is built on a solid foundation? Sure.
Which is more important?
Important questions arise as to the quality of education the child may receive at a certain school vs another school. The atmosphere the child will need to thrive in is also important.
As Catholic parents who have promised God and the Church that we will raise our children to be faithful Catholics, we have an added responsibility to question whether the school we will put our children in will teach them the way of the faith.
Even if we have ultra faithful and religious homes where we take the time to fulfil the role as the first catechists of the children, nothing can replace the child's experience of being educated and nurtured in a school that includes Catechism and Mass and daily prayers as part of their curriculum.
Catholic schools also give the children the opportunity to be faith leaders to those younger than them in the school and open their worldview to understand that we all play a role in being faith leaders in our daily living to the people we meet.
At the start of this journey for our children, we ask ourselves the kind of adults we wish them to be.
Successful? Sure.
Having a faith that is built on a solid foundation? Sure.
Which is more important?
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