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Donovan Professor of Education, Catholic University Dr. D onovan is director of the higher education -program in the Department of Education, Grad uate School of Arts and Sciences, Catholic University. He was for merly president of Webster Col lege, IVebstcr Groves, Missouri, and secretary of the College and University Department of the Na tional Catholic Educational Asso ciation. When Catholic institutions of learning begin another school year this September, their con tributions to the American way of life will be. the largest ever. Even in numbers the nation wide picture is little short of phenomenal. Reliable estimates for this fall indicate that the figures for all levels of Catholic education; seminaries, major and minor; universities and colleges; diocesan teaching in stitutions; secondary and ele mentary schools; will reach new heights.. Student enrollment will approach 5,000,000, teach ers, 150,000, and schools 13,000. CATHOLIC BISHOPS' POSITION This is a good time to recall facts of history associated with the position and the develop ment of the Catholic Church as GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES To . . . ST. JOHN VIANNEY SEMINARY UNION BAG - CAMP mm CORPORATION SAVANNAH. GEORGIA Parents And Faculty - Associated an educational institution in the United States. American Catholic bishops as the responsible leaders of edu cational policy and program un der the Church have made very clear their position on schools. The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1884 provided for the establishment of parochial schools. The pastoral letter of the American hierarchy issued in 1919 set forth five principles as the bases of Catholic educa tion. The fifth and concluding provision stated that “An edu cation that unites intellectual, moral, and religious elements is the best training for citizen ship . . .” At other times the Bishops have supported public statements prepared for the clarification or defense of the Church’s right to engage in edu cation. SIGNS OF GROWTH On all sides are found evi dences of physical expansion, professional development, in tellectual growth, and spiritual improvement. Catholic educa tion is entering a new' era of leadership. Representative indi cations are seen on the elemen tary, secondary, higher, and na tion, levels. Elementary schools are ex periencing their most rapid growth in history. Teachers are meeting new and more rigid academic and professional obli gations. Lay teachers are being added on a full-time basis. Mod ern languages, including Rus sian, and special education for the handicapped and the gifted, are enhancing the curriculum program. Secondary schools are going through a period of great change for the better. New techniques of administration, more central and consolidated institutions, more emphasis on mathematics and the natural sciences, and stronger counsel ing programs, are some of the recent developments. Catholic colleges and univer sities are preparing themselves for the new challenge. Besides the liberal arts curriculum fea turing the integrating subjects of religion and philosophy oth er subjects under reconstruc tion are mathematics, engineer ing, the sciences, and modern languages. Teacher training is expanding including prepara tion for college and university teaching and administrative posts. Research and internation al affairs have become impor tant. A stimulating movement in Catholic higher education is the Sister Formation program whose purpose is to vitalize ef fectively the academic, profes sional, and spiritual, qualifica tions of the teaching Sister es pecially before her entrance into the classroom and the lab oratory. NATIONAL POSITION Perhaps the outstanding as- spect of Catholic education is its impact on the national scene* Symbolizing all Catholic schools is the National Catholic Educa tional Association, now in its 55th year. Under the direction of the hierarchy and represent ing all educational levels it is designed to keep Catholics in formed of developments in the educational world and to act (Continued on page 6-B) By Nora Le Tourneau (Field Representative, National Council of Catholic Women) In an age of high level meet ings for exploring and solving special, yet mutually signifi cant problems what peak could be better, for discussion than that on which the educat ors of children meet — those who represent home and school? With resumption of classes for some 4,700,000 children in Catholic elementary and sec ondary schools, parents and fac ulty will also answer the call of education but in more informal, complementary teams. Their voluntary collaboration and co operation in . fulfilling co-re sponsibilities in the education of youth is effected through home and school associations. MUTUAL ASSISTANCE Perhaps at no other time has there been such sincere deter mination upon the part of the home and school to understand their respective roles and the role of the other. The indict ment that “Johnny can’t read” or can’t spell or has no training in the sciences has aroused par ents to high pitch. What are the schools teaching? Are parents failing to be concerned about, the formal education of their children? Though the primary function of the home and school is dif ferent, what is done by one affects the other. Pius XI in his Encyclical on the Christian Education of Youth said that the function of the school is the formal “train ing in the arts and sciences for the benefit of civil society.” How effective the school’s in struction will be is determined to a great extent by the atti tude, discipline and values brought to the school from the home. On the other hand, the know ledge and skill acquired in school will be applied at home and outside the home. Conse quently, both the home and school attempt to understand and mutually assist each other in the Christian formation of youth. Encouragement for associa tions of parents and faculty has come from both Pius XI and Pius XII. Pius XII in July 1958, posed this question in a letter to the French Social Week at Versailles: “How can fathers and mothers be disinterested in so many questions relative to the religious, moral, intellectual, and hygenic activities of the schools to which they confide their children? How can they avoid being concerned about the principles which are incul cated in their children in order to prepare them for life, to give them a just idea of true values and to discipline their wills in the pursuit of the good?” He concluded, “No one can deny the advantages to be de rived from mutual good rela tions between parents and teachers, in the benefits to be drawn from the exchange of in formation between them. BIRTH AND GROWTH Formal associations of par ents and teachers are of re cent origin. The National Con gress of Parent-Teachers Asso ciations was organized in the early 1900’s. Concerted Catho lic interest may be said to have been crystalized in the creation of a Committee on Catholic Parent-Teachers’ Associations by the National Council of Catholic Women in 1930. NCCW’s interest was particu larly spurred on by widespread satisfaction over the vindica tion of parental rights in educa tion as illustrated in several famous legal decisions, notably the case of Meyers v. Nebras ka and the Oregon school cases. Today, the committee is known as the Committee on Home and School Associations. The change in name was effect ed in 1951 by action of the NCCW board when there ap peared the possibility of in fringing on the copyrighted ti tle of the National Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations. It is the only Catholic agency serving Catholic associations of parents and teachers. The fall of 1959 will see the inclusion of the National Coun cil of Catholic Men with NCCW in the operation of a national association, with additional pro gram assistance from both the Department of Education of the National Catholic Welfare Con ference and from the National Catholic Education Association. PROVIDES MANY SERVICES Local home apd school asso- , ciations receive year-round service through affiliation with the national association. The pro gram includes an annual theme with subtopics for development in the various months. Factual material, resources, and pro gram suggestions are supplied each month, and headquarters (Continued on page 6-R) Mrs. J. 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