Bishop says cooperation key to facing education challenges

Published: 2005-09-15

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- If the church is to meet the challenges facing Catholic education, it needs the cooperation of the entire Catholic community, said the head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Education. Bishop Bernard J. Harrington of Winona, Minn., said these challenges include "critical financial questions" regarding the upkeep of quality schools and "the changing face of our church including the spiritual, academic, social and cultural needs of our increasingly diverse people." The bishop spoke Sept. 14 at The Catholic University of America in Washington at a meeting on Catholic education sponsored by the Solidarity Association, an Atlanta-based lay group promoting Catholic schools. The meeting of lay and clerical experts in education with hierarchical officials is an example of the call issued by the bishops last June for all Catholics to renew their commitment to Catholic education, he said.

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