One predominant struggle in Catholic Schools in today’s globalized world, is the ongoing ability to spread the word and teachings of the gospel and maintaining the relevance of those teachings to their students. In a world where fact can be segregated from fiction with the simple ability to google, it can be difficult to help students form their belief and spirituality surrounded by a God that is not tangible to them. This is the key idea of revelation, this essay will explore how the Church’s understanding of revelation is defined and applied to Catholic schools and if they are applied effectively. While also comparing and contrasting how social justice and morality is applied in a school setting and how these two aspects of Church life in
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Part of the Catholic School mission is to live the mission of the Church and as a result, reveal God to members of the school community. This is the essence of revelation, a concept with heavy undertones in relation to Church and God throughout its centuries as an institution. Defined by the Ofxord dictionary as "The divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence." (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/revelation). In layman's terms revelation is ones individual proof of God. However to understand how Catholic schools approach the idea of revelation, it is important to first consider how the Catholic Church understands revelation. How can anyone know anything of God, who is, for all intents and purpose, a mystery to all who seek him? The Vatican responds to this question through their document Catechism of the Catholic Church: "Created in God's image and called to know and love him, the person who seeks God discovers certain ways of coming to know him. These are also called proofs for the existence of God, not in the sense of proofs in the natural sciences, but rather in the sense of "converging and convincing arguments", which allow us to attain certainty about the truth. These "ways" of approaching God from creation have a twofold …show more content…
The Scripture is perhaps the most evident in experiencing revelation, it is believed that “the gospels like the rest of the Bible are the inspired word of God and that when the scriptures are read and proclaimed God speaks to us through them.” (http://www.resourcemelb.catholic.edu.au/module.cfm?m=2929&pid=727) The scriptures are read throughout services or at certain times of the year, in Catholic schools these writings are read, told and taught in religious education. To teach scripture and therefore an aspect of revelation in the classroom the Religious Education Service site states “All teaching of scripture must proceed from a clear understanding that the Bible is theological interpretation of, and reflection on, historical realities and faith experiences.”
Part of the Catholic School mission is to live the mission of the Church and as a result, reveal God to members of the school community. This is the essence of revelation, a concept with heavy undertones in relation to Church and God throughout its centuries as an institution. Defined by the Ofxord dictionary as "The divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence." (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/revelation). In layman's terms revelation is ones individual proof of God. However to understand how Catholic schools approach the idea of revelation, it is important to first consider how the Catholic Church understands revelation. How can anyone know anything of God, who is, for all intents and purpose, a mystery to all who seek him? The Vatican responds to this question through their document Catechism of the Catholic Church: "Created in God's image and called to know and love him, the person who seeks God discovers certain ways of coming to know him. These are also called proofs for the existence of God, not in the sense of proofs in the natural sciences, but rather in the sense of "converging and convincing arguments", which allow us to attain certainty about the truth. These "ways" of approaching God from creation have a twofold …show more content…
The Scripture is perhaps the most evident in experiencing revelation, it is believed that “the gospels like the rest of the Bible are the inspired word of God and that when the scriptures are read and proclaimed God speaks to us through them.” (http://www.resourcemelb.catholic.edu.au/module.cfm?m=2929&pid=727) The scriptures are read throughout services or at certain times of the year, in Catholic schools these writings are read, told and taught in religious education. To teach scripture and therefore an aspect of revelation in the classroom the Religious Education Service site states “All teaching of scripture must proceed from a clear understanding that the Bible is theological interpretation of, and reflection on, historical realities and faith experiences.”