Fit For Mission? Schools

Fit For Mission? Schools
Expanded Edition
by Patrick O'Donoghue

The Right Rev. Patrick O'Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster, has written Fit for Mission? Schools to renew the fire of faith in Catholic schools and colleges. To that end, the Bishop offers practical guidance on how to further develop and deepen an authentic Catholic ethos, through cultivating the integration of faith as believed, celebrated, lived, and prayed. Bishop Patrick is convinced that the Catechism of the Catholic Church is the best resource for creating an authentic Catholic ethos in our schools.

This expanded edition draws on recent documents from the Holy See, including: Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical, Spe Salvi, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelisation and the Congregation for Catholic Education's Educating Together in Catholic Schools.

Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue is the Bishop of Lancaster, and former Rector of Allen Hall Seminary (1985-90). The Bishop wrote Fit for Mission? Schools with the advice and expertise of teachers, parents, clergy, and theologians.

"The publication will undoubtedly be a reliable resource for renewing the vitality of Catholic education in today's society".

His Eminence, Cardinal Zenon Grocholeioski, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

"The Dicastery has studied the document with great interest and hopes it will become an example for other Dioceses in the country in their implementation of the General Directory for Catechesis and the Catechism of the Catholic Church".

His Grace, Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, Secretary for the Congregation for Clergy.

"As both a Catholic parent and Roman Catholic school governor, I'm delighted to find such a clear and helpful statement of the essential principles of Catholic education."

Joseph Kelly, Editorial Director, The Unirerse Catholic weekly

A4 Document, 80 Pages
Price: £6.95