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-lhq., ,M away. 'K-. ,. is A 5 I ' -4 41 fi H ' ' ' I ,.,,, a v, W'-'1fZc'i':,, 1+-3.1,-fvvray' , ,Wi , - -151 -- ' . W ' ' ' f - 55' ,J'97f' , .ff t L ' V. . ,,.,.----,Z-, --.-:. N -5 I 'gr -4-,Ee -' -- ,jx - I 1 , ,' 46 ., N ,ff ' --' ' s 2 , 3- s -I A17 ,, , ,MV Q Y. -Y-jf' -1 --.,T 1 ,-,I7, . WHY CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL? ROM its very inception Cathedral High School has had a definite purpose. This goal has not been a materialistic oneg it does not look to earth and to man as ends. What is this purpose? It is idealistic and re- ligious in its motive-the Catholic education of youth, the forming of true Christians. That is the cause, the very foundation of Cathedral High School. ' The Catholic education of youth, actively imparted by the Sons of St. John Baptist De La Salle, is the primary function of Cathedral High. The Christian Brothers obey Christls command, Go forth, teach ye all nations. Perhaps the most illuminating ideas ever expressed on this subject are to be found in the Encyclical On the Christian Education of Youth by His Holiness, Pope Pius XI. It is filled with many Cif one may be permitted to use the expressionj Hcommon sense precepts, besides its supremely inspiring words of wis- dom and astute perception. The entire spirit of Catholic education pervades the declara- tions of the Holy Father. It is to the pur- pose, therefore, to consider several important phases of Catholic education. The end of a Catholic education is Heaven and God. Pius XI says: In fact, since edu- cation consists essentially in preparing man for what he must be and for what he must do here below, in order to attain the sublime end for which he Was created, it is clear that there can be no true education which is not wholly directed to man's last end, . . . there can be no ideally perfect education which is not Christian education. In other words, Cath- olic education directs the sovereign individual to render reasonable service to society, in con- sonance with his conscience, for the sake of God. It seeks virtue and happiness. It urges formal instruction and cultural training. It insists that religion is manis chief concern, that man can not be split into parts for pur- poses of education, and that, whatever the failings of many modern families may be, with the family rather than with the State shall rest the right and the duty of the education of youth. All the studies involved in an edu- cational course must be Uspiritualizedf' The importance and necessity of a Catholic education can be fully realized when we thoughtfully consider these words of the pres- ent Pope: In fact it must never be forgotten that the subject of Christian education is man whole and entire, soul united to body in unity of nature, with all his faculties natural and supernatural, . . . religion may be in very truth the foundation and crown of the youth's entire training. In regard to the spiritual- izing of all studies, Pope Leo XIII says: It is necessary not only that religious instruction be given to the young at certain fixed times, but also that every other subject taught, be permeated with Christian piety.', The proper and immediate end of this Christian education is to co-operate with di- vine grace in forming the true and perfect Christian. Christian education takes in the whole aggregate of human life, physical and spiritual, intellectual and moral, individual, domestic and social, not with a view of re- ducing it in any way, but in order to elevate, regulate and perfect it, in accordance with the example and teaching of Christfl In the Encyclical we find this beautiful definition: The true Christian, product of Christian ed- ucation, is the supernatural man who thinks, judges and acts constantly and consistently in accordance with right reason illumined by the supernatural light of the example and teaching of Christ, in other words, to use the current term, the true and finished man of character. Without doubt there is an absolute necessity for Cathedral High School as an institution, a factor in the formation of this type of man. The Church can not do otherwise than main- tain her own schools and require all her chil- dren to attend them. 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