“You, what have you done by taking Christ out of the schools?
You have produced enemies of social order, subversives.
On the contrary, what have we gained by putting Christ into the schools of the children of criminals? We have transformed these unfortunate ones into honest and virtuous young people that you wanted to abandon to their sad fate or toss into insane asylums!
Blessed Bartolo Longo
#education
You have produced enemies of social order, subversives.
On the contrary, what have we gained by putting Christ into the schools of the children of criminals? We have transformed these unfortunate ones into honest and virtuous young people that you wanted to abandon to their sad fate or toss into insane asylums!
Blessed Bartolo Longo
#education
Gaume--Paganism_in_Education_V02.pdf
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"Paganism in Education"
Abbé Jean-Joseph Gaume
Vicar-General of Nevers, Doctor of Theology, 1852
Society is sick; very sick. Symptoms more and more alarming no longer permit us to doubt the gravity of the evil. Are palliatives or the ordinary remedies sufficient to ward off inevitable death? No. Such is
your opinion, such is also mine. Some energetic remedy is then
necessary. A complete revolution must be brought about, and that, too, quickly, for time presses; every hour’s delay may become fatal.
But where is the seat of the evil? Now, more than ever, it is in the soul; and the soul is not healed by laws, but by good morals; and they are the result of education.
We must substitute Christianity for paganism in education, — we must renew the chain of Catholic teaching, which was sacrilegiously broken throughout Europe four centuries ago.
We must impregnate anew our literature, our arts and sciences, our customs and institutions, with the Catholic principle.
#education
Abbé Jean-Joseph Gaume
Vicar-General of Nevers, Doctor of Theology, 1852
Society is sick; very sick. Symptoms more and more alarming no longer permit us to doubt the gravity of the evil. Are palliatives or the ordinary remedies sufficient to ward off inevitable death? No. Such is
your opinion, such is also mine. Some energetic remedy is then
necessary. A complete revolution must be brought about, and that, too, quickly, for time presses; every hour’s delay may become fatal.
But where is the seat of the evil? Now, more than ever, it is in the soul; and the soul is not healed by laws, but by good morals; and they are the result of education.
We must substitute Christianity for paganism in education, — we must renew the chain of Catholic teaching, which was sacrilegiously broken throughout Europe four centuries ago.
We must impregnate anew our literature, our arts and sciences, our customs and institutions, with the Catholic principle.
#education
jesuiteducationi00schwuoft.pdf
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"Jesuit education: its history and principles viewed in the light of modern educational problems"
by Robert Schwickerath 1869-1948
#education
by Robert Schwickerath 1869-1948
#education
Tihamér Tóth - Youth and Chastity - 1934 (1).pdf
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"Youth and Chastity"
Tihamer Toth, Ph.D
Professor at Univeristy
of Budapest
“ ..'Advise me, what shall I do' -at such times, in those inspired moments, did I learn to realize that the soul of every boy is a diamond mine of immeasurable value, a promise for the future, charged with unlimited possibilities to assist in the proper development of which is not only the sacred duty of us adults, but also comes to us as a great honor.
My dear young man, they who do not occupy themselves with t h e problems of youth little know what a multitude of questions, struggles, and- alas, also fatal falls may a company the unfolding of your impulse racked soul , and in the storms of youth, how much is the craft of your soul in need of guidance by an experienced hand ! When on such occasions I endea ored to give strength in the struggles you were complaining of, to calm your agitated soul ,to advise you in your perplexities.."
#chastity #education
Tihamer Toth, Ph.D
Professor at Univeristy
of Budapest
“ ..'Advise me, what shall I do' -at such times, in those inspired moments, did I learn to realize that the soul of every boy is a diamond mine of immeasurable value, a promise for the future, charged with unlimited possibilities to assist in the proper development of which is not only the sacred duty of us adults, but also comes to us as a great honor.
My dear young man, they who do not occupy themselves with t h e problems of youth little know what a multitude of questions, struggles, and- alas, also fatal falls may a company the unfolding of your impulse racked soul , and in the storms of youth, how much is the craft of your soul in need of guidance by an experienced hand ! When on such occasions I endea ored to give strength in the struggles you were complaining of, to calm your agitated soul ,to advise you in your perplexities.."
#chastity #education
Ecce Verbum
The Family - Seedbed of Vocations Father John McCloskey One of the greatest hopes of any Catholic family should be to have one, or more, of their children to be chosen in a special way by God for his service. Traditionally, this has meant a vocation to the…
What can parents to do to create an environment where one or some of their children will discern a specific call from God to follow him completely?
They should want to foster a family life where it is natural to be generous, to make a sincere gift of oneself to others.
Here a few ideas:
Parents must be their children's best friends. To win and keep children's friendship is a daunting but joyful task. You must show your trust for them and respect for their freedom from an early age trusting that the Holy Spirit is already at work in their soul from Baptism. You may sometimes be disappointed but your children will realize that your love is unconditional. Speak often positively about the Church and the greatness of being called to a life of dedication in it. Never speak negatively about persons who have dedicated their lives to God no matter what their human failings might be. Your children should know that you pray for them every day, that they be holy and happy and generous to whatever God calls them. They must know that while you are concerned with their education, health, achievements, career prospects, these are all secondary to their being virtuous and happy in this life and saved in the next.
Foster a simple life of piety in the home adjusted to the condition and ages of the children. It should leave the children asking for more, not begging for less. The Cure of Ars was once asked by parents what they could best do for their children. He said simply to bring them frequently to Jesus in the Eucharist and in the Sacrament of Penance. Figure out how you can do this respecting their freedom yet making it attractive.
What is most important is their seeing you lead a more devout life than they. They will watch you pray, go to Mass, go to confession, read the Sacred Scripture, pray the Rosary, and so on. They will see that the liturgical calendar is the most important one for their family and that you celebrate accordingly. They will also see you make sacrifices in order to do so. Pleasing God, not men, will thus become the priority in their life also.
Teach them to value poverty and detachment. Do not let them indiscriminately acquire things or to measure people by the amount of their possessions. Teach them to make things last and how to go without happily. Teach them how to share cheerfully. Make sure they spend their summers productively. That often times will mean they work and/or spend time in generously serving others less fortunate than themselves.
Expose them according to their age and ability to "take it," to misery. Soup kitchens, nursing homes, and hospital for incurables including for children should be places where, over time, they feel comfortable. One of the most effective ways to assure this quality of generosity is simply to treasure the children God has sent to you. This will help them to place the person and not the pleasure or object at the heart of their moral universe. The greatest gift you can give to your children is brothers and sisters. Persons are not things. Thus too they will never see another person as a means or an object but rather as another Christ whom it is their privilege to serve.
Instill an appreciation of beauty, whether it be in nature, literature, music, or art. The books, magazines, compact disks, videos, musical instruments, and art that you have in your house, the television shows that you watch together, and the family excursions that you take will prepare them to appreciate the goodness of the material world that God has created and redeemed. They will also understand and despise by contrast the culture of death, which kills both the body and the soul. Beware of leaving your children alone with the television or computer, particularly as regards games and the Internet. They should be considered as dangerous substances easily subject to abuse and thus closely supervised and controlled. All of this will prepare them, as they mature, to be more reflective, and contemplative thus more able to wisely discern and answer God's call.
#education #vocation
They should want to foster a family life where it is natural to be generous, to make a sincere gift of oneself to others.
Here a few ideas:
Parents must be their children's best friends. To win and keep children's friendship is a daunting but joyful task. You must show your trust for them and respect for their freedom from an early age trusting that the Holy Spirit is already at work in their soul from Baptism. You may sometimes be disappointed but your children will realize that your love is unconditional. Speak often positively about the Church and the greatness of being called to a life of dedication in it. Never speak negatively about persons who have dedicated their lives to God no matter what their human failings might be. Your children should know that you pray for them every day, that they be holy and happy and generous to whatever God calls them. They must know that while you are concerned with their education, health, achievements, career prospects, these are all secondary to their being virtuous and happy in this life and saved in the next.
Foster a simple life of piety in the home adjusted to the condition and ages of the children. It should leave the children asking for more, not begging for less. The Cure of Ars was once asked by parents what they could best do for their children. He said simply to bring them frequently to Jesus in the Eucharist and in the Sacrament of Penance. Figure out how you can do this respecting their freedom yet making it attractive.
What is most important is their seeing you lead a more devout life than they. They will watch you pray, go to Mass, go to confession, read the Sacred Scripture, pray the Rosary, and so on. They will see that the liturgical calendar is the most important one for their family and that you celebrate accordingly. They will also see you make sacrifices in order to do so. Pleasing God, not men, will thus become the priority in their life also.
Teach them to value poverty and detachment. Do not let them indiscriminately acquire things or to measure people by the amount of their possessions. Teach them to make things last and how to go without happily. Teach them how to share cheerfully. Make sure they spend their summers productively. That often times will mean they work and/or spend time in generously serving others less fortunate than themselves.
Expose them according to their age and ability to "take it," to misery. Soup kitchens, nursing homes, and hospital for incurables including for children should be places where, over time, they feel comfortable. One of the most effective ways to assure this quality of generosity is simply to treasure the children God has sent to you. This will help them to place the person and not the pleasure or object at the heart of their moral universe. The greatest gift you can give to your children is brothers and sisters. Persons are not things. Thus too they will never see another person as a means or an object but rather as another Christ whom it is their privilege to serve.
Instill an appreciation of beauty, whether it be in nature, literature, music, or art. The books, magazines, compact disks, videos, musical instruments, and art that you have in your house, the television shows that you watch together, and the family excursions that you take will prepare them to appreciate the goodness of the material world that God has created and redeemed. They will also understand and despise by contrast the culture of death, which kills both the body and the soul. Beware of leaving your children alone with the television or computer, particularly as regards games and the Internet. They should be considered as dangerous substances easily subject to abuse and thus closely supervised and controlled. All of this will prepare them, as they mature, to be more reflective, and contemplative thus more able to wisely discern and answer God's call.
#education #vocation
Ecce Verbum
What can parents to do to create an environment where one or some of their children will discern a specific call from God to follow him completely? They should want to foster a family life where it is natural to be generous, to make a sincere gift of oneself…
Take special care with their formation outside the house. Encourage them to have a wide variety of friends with whom they can share the joy of your own family life. By the time they graduate from high school they simply must have an excellent grasp of Catholic teaching in its doctrine and morality and be able to give an account to others of the hope that is within them. This is your primary responsibility. Every family has different financial circumstances and choices. It may be home schooling, the parochial or private school, or even the public school. It is not simply a question of choice, however.
Christian parents have a serious responsibility to improve all varieties of education, always insisting on the primary responsibility of parents for their children's education.
If need be, you may have to teach them the Faith yourselves but in any case you must not send them off to university as innocent lambs ready for the slaughter. Believe me, there are plenty of wolves out there. Introduce them to the saints as their role models while also encouraging them to imitate the virtues of the great men and women of history.
Remember you are preparing them for a life of service and dedication to God and not necessarily in the convent, monastery, or rectory. You may also want to encourage them, gently, to participate in Catholic programs for youth that are sound, demanding, and fun. It may be there that they first come in contact with those other mentors and new friends who will introduce them more concretely to the possibility of a life of total dedication.
If you supply (offer) your children to God through your prayer and careful preparation, He will match you by taking them and through His grace and their collaboration. Don't forget the shortcut of entrusting them to Mary, the Mother of God. If our Lady takes a special liking to them, her Son will form them into the new evangelizers of the third millennium.
First appeared in Position Papers (Ireland) in March, 1999.
#education #vocation
Christian parents have a serious responsibility to improve all varieties of education, always insisting on the primary responsibility of parents for their children's education.
If need be, you may have to teach them the Faith yourselves but in any case you must not send them off to university as innocent lambs ready for the slaughter. Believe me, there are plenty of wolves out there. Introduce them to the saints as their role models while also encouraging them to imitate the virtues of the great men and women of history.
Remember you are preparing them for a life of service and dedication to God and not necessarily in the convent, monastery, or rectory. You may also want to encourage them, gently, to participate in Catholic programs for youth that are sound, demanding, and fun. It may be there that they first come in contact with those other mentors and new friends who will introduce them more concretely to the possibility of a life of total dedication.
If you supply (offer) your children to God through your prayer and careful preparation, He will match you by taking them and through His grace and their collaboration. Don't forget the shortcut of entrusting them to Mary, the Mother of God. If our Lady takes a special liking to them, her Son will form them into the new evangelizers of the third millennium.
First appeared in Position Papers (Ireland) in March, 1999.
#education #vocation
Autodidacticism - #SolutionsWatch - The Corbett Report
Who said education was boring? On the contrary. Knowing more about the world, improving your skills and achieving success is electrifying and addictive. But first you have to learn how to learn. Autodidacticism is the process of learning about a skill or a subject without a formal teacher, and today Richard Grove of GetAutonomy.info is here to help us get started on the lifelong quest of self-improvement and self-learning.
https://www.corbettreport.com/autodidacticism/
#education
Who said education was boring? On the contrary. Knowing more about the world, improving your skills and achieving success is electrifying and addictive. But first you have to learn how to learn. Autodidacticism is the process of learning about a skill or a subject without a formal teacher, and today Richard Grove of GetAutonomy.info is here to help us get started on the lifelong quest of self-improvement and self-learning.
https://www.corbettreport.com/autodidacticism/
#education
Ecce Verbum
The rule of Praesupponendum Saint Ignatius Loyola, Spiritual Exercises Praesupponendum means "Presupposition of Charity", whereby a person assumes the best intentions behind another person's statements. It is the principle of kindness and understanding,…
Jesuit_Education_Its_History_and_Princip.pdf
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"Jesuit Education: its history and principles"
Viewed in the light of modern educational problems
Robert Schwickerath, S. J.
"Much has been said and written
about the Jesuit schools; in fact , they have occupied the attention of the public more, perhaps, than ever before. However, with the exception of the excellent book of Father Thomas Hughes, S. J., most of what has been offered to American and English readers is entirely untrustworthy. The account given of the Jesuit system in Histories of Education used in this country , as those of Compayré , Painter, and Seeley, is a mere caricature. Instead of drawing from the original sources, these authors have been content to repeat the biased assertions of unreliable secondary authorities.
I wished also to call attention to points of contact between the Ratio Studiorum and other famous educational systems. As so many features of the Jesuit system have been misrepresented, a work
of this kind must, at times, assume a polemical attitude."
#education
Viewed in the light of modern educational problems
Robert Schwickerath, S. J.
"Much has been said and written
about the Jesuit schools; in fact , they have occupied the attention of the public more, perhaps, than ever before. However, with the exception of the excellent book of Father Thomas Hughes, S. J., most of what has been offered to American and English readers is entirely untrustworthy. The account given of the Jesuit system in Histories of Education used in this country , as those of Compayré , Painter, and Seeley, is a mere caricature. Instead of drawing from the original sources, these authors have been content to repeat the biased assertions of unreliable secondary authorities.
I wished also to call attention to points of contact between the Ratio Studiorum and other famous educational systems. As so many features of the Jesuit system have been misrepresented, a work
of this kind must, at times, assume a polemical attitude."
#education
Ecce Verbum
The Life of Moses - Gregory of Nyssa, St. & Malher_5414.pdf
•"For truly barren is profane education, which is always in labor but never gives birth. For what fruit worthy of such pangs does philosophy show for being so long in labor? Do not all who are full of wind and never come to term miscarry before they come to the light of the knowledge of God, although they could as well become men if they were not altogether hidden in the womb of barren wisdom?"
•"In the same manner as the sea, those who are swept away from the course leading to the harbor correct their aim by a clear mark, looking for a lighthouse on high, or a certain mountain appearing. In the same manner Scripture by the example of Abraham and Sarah will direct us once more to the safe harbor of the divine will for those who have drifted out in the sea of life with a mind lacking a navigator."
St. Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses
#education
•"In the same manner as the sea, those who are swept away from the course leading to the harbor correct their aim by a clear mark, looking for a lighthouse on high, or a certain mountain appearing. In the same manner Scripture by the example of Abraham and Sarah will direct us once more to the safe harbor of the divine will for those who have drifted out in the sea of life with a mind lacking a navigator."
St. Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses
#education
Truth104.pdf
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Maritain and the Idea of a Catholic
University
Gavin T. Colvert
Maritain's essay "Truth and Human Fellowship" contemplates
a simple but important conclusion: genuine intellectual cooperation among persons with differing points of view requires a shared commitment to the pursuit of truth.The repudiation of truth as a goal of inquiry in the name of toleration, on the other hand, destroys the basis for mutual cooperation. This conclusion generates an apparent paradox. Truth does not admit compromise, yet it is imperative that we cooperate for the sake of the common good. If truth precludes cooperation, then the search for truth and human fellowship appears hopeless. Maritain offers a compelling account of how different traditions can appropriate each other's insights without discarding respect for truth.
The purpose of this essay is to examine Maritain's proposal and to show that it can provide a useful model for thinking through the current predicament in American Catholic education.
#education
University
Gavin T. Colvert
Maritain's essay "Truth and Human Fellowship" contemplates
a simple but important conclusion: genuine intellectual cooperation among persons with differing points of view requires a shared commitment to the pursuit of truth.The repudiation of truth as a goal of inquiry in the name of toleration, on the other hand, destroys the basis for mutual cooperation. This conclusion generates an apparent paradox. Truth does not admit compromise, yet it is imperative that we cooperate for the sake of the common good. If truth precludes cooperation, then the search for truth and human fellowship appears hopeless. Maritain offers a compelling account of how different traditions can appropriate each other's insights without discarding respect for truth.
The purpose of this essay is to examine Maritain's proposal and to show that it can provide a useful model for thinking through the current predicament in American Catholic education.
#education
virtues and their role in education.pdf
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article
Virtues and their role in education
Educational process should lead to a situation where diverse and individualised predispositions would work as a homogenous and harmonised prime movers of a man. That should take place through such improvement of the powers of man to enable their best possible action: strengthening of the higher power – i.e., reason and will – so that they are capable of recognising and following the proper good, with simultaneous overcoming the sphere of emotions so that they obey the former.
We do notice that in spite of evolution of homo sapiens, in spite of world-shaking historical breakthroughs and unheard-of scientific and technical progress, human being remains unchanged in their essence. Centuries pass and the basic truths about human nature are not expiring. Neither the classic concept of virtue does expire, which we equate with character shaping.
#education #virtue
Virtues and their role in education
Educational process should lead to a situation where diverse and individualised predispositions would work as a homogenous and harmonised prime movers of a man. That should take place through such improvement of the powers of man to enable their best possible action: strengthening of the higher power – i.e., reason and will – so that they are capable of recognising and following the proper good, with simultaneous overcoming the sphere of emotions so that they obey the former.
We do notice that in spite of evolution of homo sapiens, in spite of world-shaking historical breakthroughs and unheard-of scientific and technical progress, human being remains unchanged in their essence. Centuries pass and the basic truths about human nature are not expiring. Neither the classic concept of virtue does expire, which we equate with character shaping.
#education #virtue
Salesian System of Education
St. Giovanni Bosco, who developed the Salesian Preventive System of education, based on the three pillars of reason, religion, and loving-kindness, or even more fundamentally, on the words of St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 13: Love is patient, love is kind, bearing all things, hoping all things, enduring all things.
John Bosco became a teacher of students in poverty, often orphans, who had few options in the burgeoning Industrial Revolution. He came to the conclusion that standard approaches to student discipline were too repressive and punishment-focused; many of the problems that one had with students could be nipped in the bud if one simply exercised a greater degree of gentle guidance. Rather than laying down the law, one should talk with students, explaining to them why they should be doing this rather than that, and acting with goodwill and gentleness toward them, quietly warning them when they are forgetting the rules and getting near to punishable behavior, and one should particularly recognize that the point of discipline is not to force the students to behave a certain way but to help them cultivate the habits required to avoid sinning against God and neighbor. Punishment might still be necessary, but as St. John noted, students tended not to resent punishments whose rationale they understood, particularly if the punishments were fairly mild and coming from someone with whom they interact regularly; and when they understood the rationale, mild punishment was more effective than severe punishment.
The approach has shown itself historically to be very effective; however, requires a certain kind of temperament to pull off effectively.
From some comments by St. John Bosco to his fellow teachers in the Salesian order:
"Long experience has taught me that patience is the only remedy for even the worst cases of disobedience and irresponsiveness. Sometimes, after making many patient efforts without obtaining success, I deemed it necessary to resort to severe measures. Yet these never achieved anything, and in the end I always found that charity finally triumphed where severity had met with failure. Charity is the cure-all though it may be slow in affecting its cure.
Remember that education is a difficult art and that God alone is its true master. We will never succeed in it unless he teaches us the way. While depending humbly and entirely on him, we should try with might and main to acquire that moral strength which is a stranger to force and rigor. Let us strive to make ourselves loved, to instill into our children the high ideal of duty and the holy fear of God, and we will soon possess their hearts. Then, with natural ease, they will join us in praising Jesus Christ, our Lord, who is our model, our patron, our exemplar in all things, but especially in the education of the young."
#education
St. Giovanni Bosco, who developed the Salesian Preventive System of education, based on the three pillars of reason, religion, and loving-kindness, or even more fundamentally, on the words of St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 13: Love is patient, love is kind, bearing all things, hoping all things, enduring all things.
John Bosco became a teacher of students in poverty, often orphans, who had few options in the burgeoning Industrial Revolution. He came to the conclusion that standard approaches to student discipline were too repressive and punishment-focused; many of the problems that one had with students could be nipped in the bud if one simply exercised a greater degree of gentle guidance. Rather than laying down the law, one should talk with students, explaining to them why they should be doing this rather than that, and acting with goodwill and gentleness toward them, quietly warning them when they are forgetting the rules and getting near to punishable behavior, and one should particularly recognize that the point of discipline is not to force the students to behave a certain way but to help them cultivate the habits required to avoid sinning against God and neighbor. Punishment might still be necessary, but as St. John noted, students tended not to resent punishments whose rationale they understood, particularly if the punishments were fairly mild and coming from someone with whom they interact regularly; and when they understood the rationale, mild punishment was more effective than severe punishment.
The approach has shown itself historically to be very effective; however, requires a certain kind of temperament to pull off effectively.
From some comments by St. John Bosco to his fellow teachers in the Salesian order:
"Long experience has taught me that patience is the only remedy for even the worst cases of disobedience and irresponsiveness. Sometimes, after making many patient efforts without obtaining success, I deemed it necessary to resort to severe measures. Yet these never achieved anything, and in the end I always found that charity finally triumphed where severity had met with failure. Charity is the cure-all though it may be slow in affecting its cure.
Remember that education is a difficult art and that God alone is its true master. We will never succeed in it unless he teaches us the way. While depending humbly and entirely on him, we should try with might and main to acquire that moral strength which is a stranger to force and rigor. Let us strive to make ourselves loved, to instill into our children the high ideal of duty and the holy fear of God, and we will soon possess their hearts. Then, with natural ease, they will join us in praising Jesus Christ, our Lord, who is our model, our patron, our exemplar in all things, but especially in the education of the young."
#education
1995-neumayr.pdf
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Can the university survive without the faith?
John W Neumayr
"Born from the heart of the Church, a Catholic university is located in that course of tradition which may be traced back to the very origin of the university as an institution."
"A Catholic university is completely dedicated to the research of all aspects of truth in their essential connection with the supreme Truth, who is God." This is a bold claim in the modern world. Not merely does it reject the notion of a Catholic university as a "contradiction in terms," but even asserts that only when the "house of intellect" is wedded to faith can the university be true to intellect itself. Such a claim is hardly surprising, however, since the marriage of faith and reason gave birth to the university in the first place."
more:
Ex Corde Ecclesiae
#education
John W Neumayr
"Born from the heart of the Church, a Catholic university is located in that course of tradition which may be traced back to the very origin of the university as an institution."
"A Catholic university is completely dedicated to the research of all aspects of truth in their essential connection with the supreme Truth, who is God." This is a bold claim in the modern world. Not merely does it reject the notion of a Catholic university as a "contradiction in terms," but even asserts that only when the "house of intellect" is wedded to faith can the university be true to intellect itself. Such a claim is hardly surprising, however, since the marriage of faith and reason gave birth to the university in the first place."
more:
Ex Corde Ecclesiae
#education
2_M_Ribotta_Tough_Love_is_Not_the_Answer_Don_Boscos_Views_on_Punishment.pdf
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article
Tough Love is Not the Answer-
Don Bosco's Views on Punishment
Contains Don Bosco's letter directed to educators in his boarding school, where he's sharing his thoughts on discipline concerning young boys
Structure of the letter:
-punish only as a last resort
-the right place and time
-let every punishment carry a clear message
-what kinds of punishments should be used and who should use them
"His vision of the educational process was far more comprehensive, more humane, and more enlightened than 19th century practices. It embraced the entire human person: his temporal well-being, his intellectual development, and his spiritual destiny. Or as he repeatedly wrote, the end product of his sistema preventivo was to create "a good Christian and a responsible citizen"
more:
Salesian Sistema Preventivo
Don Bosco's letter
#education
Tough Love is Not the Answer-
Don Bosco's Views on Punishment
Contains Don Bosco's letter directed to educators in his boarding school, where he's sharing his thoughts on discipline concerning young boys
Structure of the letter:
-punish only as a last resort
-the right place and time
-let every punishment carry a clear message
-what kinds of punishments should be used and who should use them
"His vision of the educational process was far more comprehensive, more humane, and more enlightened than 19th century practices. It embraced the entire human person: his temporal well-being, his intellectual development, and his spiritual destiny. Or as he repeatedly wrote, the end product of his sistema preventivo was to create "a good Christian and a responsible citizen"
more:
Salesian Sistema Preventivo
Don Bosco's letter
#education
Ecce Verbum
2_M_Ribotta_Tough_Love_is_Not_the_Answer_Don_Boscos_Views_on_Punishment.pdf
An Exhortation to Educators
Don Bosco
Letter from St. John Bosco to his Salesians, from Rome, May 10, 1884 outlining the characteristics of a good superior, place of friendship, relationship and recreation in his ‘preventative’ approach to education.
Dear sons in Jesus Christ,
Near or far, I am always thinking of you. My only desire is to see you happy both in this world and the next. That is why I am writing this letter to you. My absence from you weighs heavily on me, and not being able to see and hear you hurts me more than you can imagine. Indeed, I wanted to write to you a week ago but was prevented from doing so by endless business. It will not be all that long now before I am back among you, nevertheless I want to anticipate my return by means of a letter since I am unable to come in person. I am speaking as one who loves you tenderly in Christ Jesus and who feels it his duty to speak to you with the freedom of a father. You’ll allow me that, won’t you? And you will listen to me carefully and do what I tell you.
As I said, you are the sole object of my thoughts. Well then, I went up to my room a few nights ago and began to say the prayers my good mother taught me, before getting into bed, and whether I was simply overcome by sleep or carried away by a distraction I don’t really know, but it seemed that two of the former pupils of the Oratory were standing there before me.
One of them came forward and greeted me affectionately, saying “Don Bosco! Do you know me?” “Of course, I do,” I replied.
“And do you remember me?” he went on.
“Yes, not only you, but the others too. You’re Valfre and you were at the Oratory before 1870.”
“Tell me,” he added, “would you like to see the boys who were at the Oratory in my time?”
“Oh, yes, let me see them.” I replied, “I would be delighted.”
Valfre then showed me the boys just as they were at that time, the same features, height and so on. It seemed to me that I was in recreation in the Oratory of those days. Everywhere I looked there was life, movement and joy; some were running, some jumping, some skipping. Some were playing leap-frog, some tag, some with a ball; in one corner was a huddle of boys hanging on the words of one of the priests as he told them a story; in another corner a cleric was playing with a group of lads. There were songs and laughter on all sides, Brothers and Priests everywhere and the joyful cries of the boys around them. It was perfectly clear that the greatest cordiality and confidence existed between the boys and their superiors. I was overjoyed by the sight and Valfre said to me:
“As you can see familiarity breeds affection and affection breeds confidence. This is what opens hearts; the boys can open up without fear to their teachers, assistants and superiors. They become frank both inside and outside the confessional and in general they show great docility to the commands of those of whose love they are sure.”
At that moment the other past pupil, who had a pure white beard, now came forward and said:
“Don Bosco, would you like now to know and see the boys who are at the Oratory today?” It was Joseph Buzzetti who spoke.
“Yes,” I replied, “For it is more than a month since I last saw them.”
So he showed me them. I saw the Oratory and everyone of you in recreation. But the cries of joy and the songs I no longer heard, nor was there the lively activity of the previous scene. Instead boredom, weariness and ill-humour could be seen in the actions and on the faces of many of the lads, together with a lack of trust which made me sore at heart. There were many, it is true, who were moving and running about in a spirit of carefree joy. But I saw others, and their number was anything but small, standing by themselves, leaning against the pillars where they were a prey to disturbing fantasies, or standing on the steps or in the corridors or on the garden terraces, trying to get away from the common recreation.
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Don Bosco
Letter from St. John Bosco to his Salesians, from Rome, May 10, 1884 outlining the characteristics of a good superior, place of friendship, relationship and recreation in his ‘preventative’ approach to education.
Dear sons in Jesus Christ,
Near or far, I am always thinking of you. My only desire is to see you happy both in this world and the next. That is why I am writing this letter to you. My absence from you weighs heavily on me, and not being able to see and hear you hurts me more than you can imagine. Indeed, I wanted to write to you a week ago but was prevented from doing so by endless business. It will not be all that long now before I am back among you, nevertheless I want to anticipate my return by means of a letter since I am unable to come in person. I am speaking as one who loves you tenderly in Christ Jesus and who feels it his duty to speak to you with the freedom of a father. You’ll allow me that, won’t you? And you will listen to me carefully and do what I tell you.
As I said, you are the sole object of my thoughts. Well then, I went up to my room a few nights ago and began to say the prayers my good mother taught me, before getting into bed, and whether I was simply overcome by sleep or carried away by a distraction I don’t really know, but it seemed that two of the former pupils of the Oratory were standing there before me.
One of them came forward and greeted me affectionately, saying “Don Bosco! Do you know me?” “Of course, I do,” I replied.
“And do you remember me?” he went on.
“Yes, not only you, but the others too. You’re Valfre and you were at the Oratory before 1870.”
“Tell me,” he added, “would you like to see the boys who were at the Oratory in my time?”
“Oh, yes, let me see them.” I replied, “I would be delighted.”
Valfre then showed me the boys just as they were at that time, the same features, height and so on. It seemed to me that I was in recreation in the Oratory of those days. Everywhere I looked there was life, movement and joy; some were running, some jumping, some skipping. Some were playing leap-frog, some tag, some with a ball; in one corner was a huddle of boys hanging on the words of one of the priests as he told them a story; in another corner a cleric was playing with a group of lads. There were songs and laughter on all sides, Brothers and Priests everywhere and the joyful cries of the boys around them. It was perfectly clear that the greatest cordiality and confidence existed between the boys and their superiors. I was overjoyed by the sight and Valfre said to me:
“As you can see familiarity breeds affection and affection breeds confidence. This is what opens hearts; the boys can open up without fear to their teachers, assistants and superiors. They become frank both inside and outside the confessional and in general they show great docility to the commands of those of whose love they are sure.”
At that moment the other past pupil, who had a pure white beard, now came forward and said:
“Don Bosco, would you like now to know and see the boys who are at the Oratory today?” It was Joseph Buzzetti who spoke.
“Yes,” I replied, “For it is more than a month since I last saw them.”
So he showed me them. I saw the Oratory and everyone of you in recreation. But the cries of joy and the songs I no longer heard, nor was there the lively activity of the previous scene. Instead boredom, weariness and ill-humour could be seen in the actions and on the faces of many of the lads, together with a lack of trust which made me sore at heart. There were many, it is true, who were moving and running about in a spirit of carefree joy. But I saw others, and their number was anything but small, standing by themselves, leaning against the pillars where they were a prey to disturbing fantasies, or standing on the steps or in the corridors or on the garden terraces, trying to get away from the common recreation.
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Some were strolling about in groups, talking in subdued voices and casting suspicious and furtive glances in every direction; they would smile from time to time but the glances that accompanied their smiles made it plain that St. Aloysius would have blushed…
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virtues and their role in education.pdf
The purpose of genuine education
🔗 source / Religion, Agnosticism, and Education, J. L. Spalding, Chicago, 1902
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🔗 source / Religion, Agnosticism, and Education, J. L. Spalding, Chicago, 1902
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Tihamér Tóth - Youth and Chastity - 1934 (1).pdf
Be in the world but not of the world
Tihamér Tóth,
🔗"Youth and Chastity", pg. 193-194
*Tihamér Tóth (1889-1939) - was a bishop of Veszprém, university professor, distinguished speaker, writer, apostle of youth, educator, scout; one of the most important figures of the Hungarian Catholic Church in the 20th century. His books have been translated into 16 languages and have had a great impact on Catholic schools and on the theory and practice of family and school education.
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Tihamér Tóth,
🔗"Youth and Chastity", pg. 193-194
*Tihamér Tóth (1889-1939) - was a bishop of Veszprém, university professor, distinguished speaker, writer, apostle of youth, educator, scout; one of the most important figures of the Hungarian Catholic Church in the 20th century. His books have been translated into 16 languages and have had a great impact on Catholic schools and on the theory and practice of family and school education.
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