CATHOLICS AND EDUCATION

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 January 1911, Page 3

CATHOLICS AND EDUCATION

a ; SYDNEY CONGRESS. IMPORT A NCR OF RELiCTOUS TEACHING. AND MORAL TXSTIU T (/TTON\ r P.r KI.KCTRIO TELKORAPH-COrVRIGnT.! ■ I , '-'!! PRF.SB ASSOCIATION.] Miccrircd Tins Day, 8.50 ;.,ni ) SYDNEY. This-Day. Tlio Sydney Catholic Education Conference ndopt-ocl a series oi' resolutions similar to those adoptee! hy the Catholic University of the TTj\itor] States defining: the position of %e Church with reference to education. out tha.t intellectual I education "m'usi- _ not he separated i from moral roligions-uistruetion. Roi j li'nori should he (Mie centfg-. round { which other instructional siiKjef.ts j si-fin hi ho grouped, niiil the spirit hy whih they permeated, far from lessening the neod of moral religious 'training advanced educational methods and emphasised that need, provided the essentials of Christian ed'cation were scoured. T!ie Church welcomed whatever sience might eon tribute towards rendering 'the work of tlio school more ofiiciont. Catholic -.a rents were hound in conscience to provide education for their children either at home or in schools of a right sort. Another series of resolutions dealt j with primary education and the j iii('i 1 !o 1 s :;hscrved in Catholic schools.