By Father Joseph Allen
In a very real sense, the health of a local parish church school is indicative of the health of the parish at large. The priest is responsible for the growth and development of the whole of his parish life and his care and involvement are essential in this. The priest’s relationship to the church school is never a neutral one: it is always either harmful or beneficial. Within this division it is almost always safe to say that a priest who does nothing in, and has no contact with, his church school is always harmful. What we must look at now is the reason for this isolation of the priest from his church school and what role the priest as priest is functionally suited to play in the work of his school. ..................... Read more