EDUCATING IN REALITY
TO LIVE
THE UNIVERSAL
FRATERNITY
- Msg Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi *
In the name of the Cardinal Prefect, José Tolentino de
Mendonça, and in my own name, I warmly greet those present here today and the
entire World Union of Catholic Teachers. The new identity of the Dicastery,
which now combines the former Congregation for Catholic Education with the
Pontifical Council for Culture, makes your contribution all the more meaningful
and pressing, and makes our gratitude all the more heartfelt. In fact, your
presence in schools and universities is that of the yeast mentioned in the
Gospel, which leavens the entire foodstuff of society, baking “the bread of
sense” that every man and woman must taste so as to live. Culture is our
everyday bread of sense; schools and universities are its flour. Certainly,
this is not the only ingredient, but it is a necessary one.
The Dicastery expresses its gratitude especially to
the members of WUCT’s Executive Committee who have come to the end of their
mandate: Professor Guy Bourdeaud’hui, Professor John Lyndon and Professor
Giovanni Perrone. Our cordial greetings and thanks also go to your ecclesiastical
assistant, Archbishop Vincent Dollman. At the same time, the Dicastery offers
its encouragement to those who, in the coming days, will be elected members of
the Executive Committee, and who will receive from their predecessors a
generous inheritance. Your mission is to accompany teachers and principals of
schools and universities from all over the world, so that they, inspired by the
Gospel, can promote the holistic development of the human person. The Dicastery
is ready to support you, while, at the same time, it is happy to learn from
your association, which can now boast of seventy years of experience.......
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