This is why we don't have educated children today because the schools find
such an inclusive education too hard to accomplish.  How many schools today
emphasize education of the entire person rather than just of his mind.  Look
at how many schools have cut back on physical education.  The public schools
have cut out prayer of any sort and look at what has happened to them.  Our
children as a group have no solid foundation on which to stand.  This is why
society is falling to pieces rite in front of our eyes.
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From: Ray Foret Jr. <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 9:38 PM
Subject: [romancatholicchat] saint of the day


> Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary
> lives. Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use
his
> or her unique gifts. God calls each one of us to be a saint.
>
>
>  January 31, 2006
>  St. John Bosco
>  (1815-1888)
>
>
>  John Bosco's theory of education could well be used in today's schools.
It
> was a preventive system, rejecting corporal punishment and placing
students
> in surroundings removed from the likelihood of committing sin. He
advocated
> frequent reception of the sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion. He
> combined catechetical training and fatherly guidance, seeking to unite the
> spiritual life with one's work, study and play.
> Encouraged during his youth to become a priest so he could work with young
> boys, John was ordained in 1841. His service to young people started when
he
> met a poor orphan and instructed him in preparation for receiving Holy
> Communion. He then gathered young apprentices and taught them catechism.
> After serving as chaplain in a hospice for working girls, John opened the
> Oratory of St. Francis de Sales for boys. Several wealthy and powerful
> patrons contributed money, enabling him to provide two workshops for the
> boys, shoemaking and tailoring.
> By 1856, the institution had grown to 150 boys and had added a printing
> press for publication of religious and catechetical pamphlets. His
interest
> in vocational education and publishing justify him as patron of young
> apprentices and Catholic publishers.
> John's preaching fame spread and by 1850 he had trained his own helpers
> because of difficulties in retaining young priests. In 1854 he and his
> followers informally banded together under Francis de Sales.
> With Pope Pius IX's encouragement, John gathered 17 men and founded the
> Salesians in 1859. Their activity concentrated on education and mission
> work. Later, he organized a group of Salesian Sisters to assist girls.
> Comment:
> John Bosco educated the whole person-body and soul united. He believed
that
> Christ's love and our faith in that love should pervade everything we
> do-work, study, play. For John Bosco, being a Christian was a full-time
> effort, not a once-a-week, Mass-on-Sunday experience. It is searching and
> finding God and Jesus in everything we do, letting their love lead us.
Yet,
> John realized the importance of job-training and the self-worth and pride
> that comes with talent and ability so he trained his students in the trade
> crafts, too.
> Quote:
> "Every education teaches a philosophy; if not by dogma then by suggestion,
> by implication, by atmosphere. Every part of that education has a
connection
> with every other part. If it does not all combine to convey some general
> view of life, it is not education at all" (G.K. Chesterton,
> The Common Man).
>
>
> Sincerely yours in the protection of our precious lord Jesus Christ and
his
> most loving mother,
> The Constantly Barefoot,
> Ray
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> God bless our troops!
> and God bless America
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