Catholic identity dr. vanders
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Profile of the Diocese # of School
# of educators
Catholic Doctrine
This is Our Faith This is the Faith of the Church
Catholic Identity• Distinct, unique dimensions of
the Catholic school that express its Catholicity
• Expressed through worship, service, community, and/or faith symbols
Theologians“What makes a Catholic school Catholic?
1. Belief in the Christian faith in loyalty to the Scripture and to the tradition of the Church as proclaimed by the Magisterium
2. Being an active part of God’s beloved people
3. Being bound in familial ties with Catholics throughout the world
4. Believing that God is active in both the Church and throughout the world
- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)
Educators
1. Committed to tradition
2. Belief in basic goodness of people
3. Sense of sacramentality
4. Communal emphasis
5. Appreciation of learning
6. Committed to justice
7. Committed to individual personhood
- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)
“What makes a Catholic school Catholic?”
Catholic Teacher IdentityTeachers are committed to:
Community building
Lifelong spiritual growth
Lifelong professional development
Students’ spiritual formation
Students’ human development
- Shimabukuro
Educators
Catholic Teacher Identity
Teachers are ministers of faith:
Teaching Catholic Doctrine
Practicing Catholic beliefs
Participating in Church community
- Jacobs
Educators
Bishops
“What makes a Catholic school Catholic?”
1. Witness of the faculty
2. Focus on the teachings of Jesus
3. Universal call to holiness
4. Participation in the sacramental life of the Church
- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)
A school can call itself Catholic with the consent of the Bishop.
The Catholic school has a juridical relationship with the Bishop.
Bishops
Code of Canon Law
A community of persons gathered for the purpose of learning secular and religious matters all in affiliation with Church doctrines.
Connected to the broader mission of the Church.
An essential part of the Church’s ministry.
BishopsThe Catholic school is defined as:
1. Formation of the whole person
2. Christ the “one foundation”
3. Community of faith
4. Curriculum guided by the Gospels
5. Vital role of teachers
- Archbishop J. Michael Miller, C.S.B.
www.catholiceducation.org/articles/education/ed0269.html
Bishops
Essential “Marks” of a Catholic school
“Catholic schools play a critical role in the Church’s duty to model the person of Jesus Christ, to teach the Gospel, and evangelize our cultures.”
- Archbishop Wilton Gregory
Bishops
Catholic School Identity
Mission
•Describes the purpose of the school
• Provides a reason for its existence
Learning / Teaching Styles
•Auditory –
Learn through listening
•Visual –
Learn through seeing
•Kinesthetic –
Learn through moving, doing, and touching
Multiple Intelligences
•Verbal-linguistic “word smart”
Connect whatever you are teaching with words and sentences.
•Logical-mathematical “number/reasoning smart”
Connect your lesson with numbers and logic.
Multiple Intelligences
•Visual-spatial “picture smart”
Connect your lesson with pictures or videos.
•Bodily-kinesthetic “body smart”
Connect your teaching with physical activity.
Multiple Intelligences
•Rhythmical-musical “music smart”
Sing about the lesson or listen to music.
•Interpersonal “people smart”
Make the lesson a more social experience.
Multiple Intelligences
•Intrapersonal “self smart”
Allow time for reflection.
•Naturalist “nature smart”
Provide some experience of the natural world.