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Consecrated Persons and their Mission in Schools

Reflections and Guidelines

Congregation for Catholic Education

Discusses the role of consecrated religious in education

As numbers dwindle, the witness of consecrated persons in schools becomes ever more important. These reflections and guidelines point out the way ahead.
“While consecrated persons in schools educate they are also evangelising. This mission requires a commitment of holiness, generosity and skilled educational professionalism so that the truth about the person as revealed by Jesus may enlighten the growth of the young generations and of the entire community.”