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More often than not the Catholic instruction would be enhanced by a mutual strengthening of both knowledge and catechesis. Each should inform and empower the other.
The role of the Catholic school is to synthesize and fuse catechesis with religious education, and to imbue all subject areas with Catholic values. Faith becomes an integral part of student life. For example, the students will be given active time for prayer and spiritual -- not just religious -- studies (Crotty, Fletcher & McGrath 1995). Students at Catholic schools are learning how to integrate faith and culture, faith and personal life, faith and all other areas of life. A Catholic education offers a special primer with which to do so.
Graham (1994) points out that Catholic schools need to break free of the "isolationist paradigm that has been their practice and build a genuine catechetical partnership with families," (p. 4). One way of breaking free of isolationism is to recognize the "diverse scholastic contexts" in which the school operates, "(Catholic 6995 p. 74). The catechetical relationship does not stop with students; the role of the school extends into the community. If the role of the school is considered to be part of the evangelical process, as it is described by the Congregation for Catholic Education (1988), then the school needs to forge ties with families and members of the community. The Catholic school can provide opportunities for catechism that involve more than just students of the school but also parents and members...
As Crotty, Fletcher & McGrath (1995) state, the Catholic school can develop programs for Christian leadership, provide opportunities for community service, and develop other extracurricular activities that reflect Catholic ideals.
As Warren (n.d.) puts it, "a proper understanding of the Catholic high school demands a recognition that it is a societal entity at the same time as it is a church entity," (p. 56). The role of the Catholic school is therefore threefold: to provide students with a quality education regardless of religious faith and to provide students with a quality religious education naturally from a Catholic point-of-view, and to provide students with catechesis. The entire community is empowered when the Catholic school serves each of these three roles. When fourth and further dimensions of community involvement, parental outreach, and charity is also included, the Catholic school reaches its highest objective.
References
Congregation for Catholic Education. (1988). The Religious
Dimension of Education in a Catholic School
Crotty, L., Fletcher, E. & McGrath, J. (1995). Reflections on an emerging religious education curriculum.
English, G. (1992). Religious education: what did you expect?
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