Posted on 02/16/2008 5:05:23 PM PST by NYer
The fact that he is taking time during a limited visit to meet with them, she said, is a "very strong statement about how important Catholic education is." WASHINGTON (CNS) - When Pope Benedict XVI comes to Washington this spring, he will deliver a one-hour address on Catholic education April 17 to presidents of U.S. Catholic colleges and universities and Catholic school superintendents from every U.S. diocese and archdiocese.
The gathering will take place on the campus of The Catholic University of America.
This will not be the first time a pope has visited the university established in 1887 by the U.S. bishops as their national university. In 1979, during his first trip to the United States as pope, Pope John Paul II addressed theologians, scholars and presidents of Catholic colleges and universities at Catholic University.
In his speech he defended academic freedom for theologians but warned that they should not spread theories that might be confusing or troubling to Catholics. He also thanked Catholic university leaders for their role in educating and evangelizing and for their dedication "despite immense financial strain, enrollment problems and other obstacles."
Eight years later, Pope John Paul again addressed Catholic higher education officials and a group of about 1,800 Catholic elementary and secondary teachers and religious educators in New Orleans.
His meeting with Catholic college and university leaders was held at Xavier University, the only historically black Catholic university in the United States.
The gathering took place as Catholic higher education officials worldwide debated what effect a much-anticipated apostolic constitution from Pope John Paul would have on Catholic higher education. The document, "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" ("From the Heart of the Church"), was issued in 1990.
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this hasn't anything to do with Catholic education directly, but it's as good a thread as any to post that I saw a woman on the subway platform today diligently reading a book entitled, "Affirming Diversity:...." I didn't get to see the subtitle well but it had the word "curriculum" in it.
Seems like I'm more beside myself every day.
As a Catholic and graduate of a Catholic University, I’ll be interested to read his speech. I have enjoyed Pope Benedict’s works thus far, particularly his Encyclical.
Good for the Pope. I hope he will (figuratively) clobber them with the Catechism!
Which one? He has written two.
And, in case you missed them, I am hoping ELS will post the links to the Holy Father's weekly catechesis on the Church Fathers. If you enjoyed the encyclical, you will devour these writings.
The first one, on love. I don’t think I’ve seen the second one.
btw, thanks for the link.
Actually the one on love is his second. Here is his first.
Thank you. I’m going to print it out and set aside some time to read this.
Welcome to FR!
??? Deus Caritas Est came out in January 2006. Spe Salvi was published in November 2007.
I post a list of links to Benedict XVI's previous catecheses on the Church Fathers on his weekly general audience threads when the subject of that particular week's catechesis is one of the Church Fathers. There was no general audience last week because the Pope was on a Lenten retreat with the Curia.
This will be great compared to what they get in LosAngeles!
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