tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post8510721886722210292..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: Save us from a Catholic Ethos...Ben Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-7561632522677313512011-12-10T10:51:53.595+00:002011-12-10T10:51:53.595+00:00HC: quite! One of my least favourite politicians ...HC: quite! One of my least favourite politicians (and that's with some fierce competition!)<br /><br />P-t P: You are quite right in pointing out that the school's role is in support of and subservient to the parents'. Glad you liked the phrase about vocations: no copyright attached!Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-35156194054287268012011-12-09T19:42:21.530+00:002011-12-09T19:42:21.530+00:00The job of a Catholic school is to assist parents ...The job of a Catholic school is to assist parents in their duty to bring their children up in the Catholic faith.<br />When I talk about ethos I mean “the way we do things here”; clearly on this definition all schools have an ethos and if Catholic schools are to assist parents they need the Catholic nature of the school to pervade everything they do. I would never countenance the use of the term ethos as an alternative to religious nature of the school in the way that Dr Harris does, something that Ben believes some Catholic schools do too. <br />The mission that Ben has ascribed to Catholic schools is actually the parents responsibility and Catholic schools are their merely to assist. That’s another thing that the BP could have remembered and avoided their current difficulty. You can’t assist people effectively if you alienate them. If you are doing something that parents are uncomfortable it’s best to drop it unless you are sure it is essential. Even if you think they are being over sensitive, you serve them and not the other way round. <br />Btw I think “educate them more broadly to discover and fulfil their vocations” puts the role of the curriculum that falls outside RE really well and might use it myself in future.Part-time Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183889477468203531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-49858042798879934122011-12-08T14:10:43.764+00:002011-12-08T14:10:43.764+00:00This is what arch secularist former MP Evan Harris...This is what arch secularist former MP Evan Harris had to say about the differnce between ethos and religion:<br /><br />Extract from speech given in the House of Commons Feb 6th 2002 (Hansard Col 927)<br /><br />Dr. Harris (Lib Dem): The hon. Gentleman has fallen into the same trap as the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner) in arguing that the job of a religious school is to promote its religion. As I understand it, the job of religious schools is to promote an ethos and not a particular religion. That point was made eloquently in Committee by my hon. Friend the Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, which the hon. Member for Isle of Wight, who is no longer in his place, quoted. I believe that one can promote an ethos without determining what teachers do in their spare time with regard to their private religious beliefs.Highland Cathedralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519428794618769856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-46039352736764532092011-11-11T10:02:07.055+00:002011-11-11T10:02:07.055+00:00Please continue your good work foe Catholic Educat...Please continue your good work foe Catholic Education and the salvation of souls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com