faith in the future (chaps 2013)
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Catholic Education:
Faith in the FutureL. Franchi
CHAPS Conference
2013
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Overview
1. Aims of the presentation2. Background toLumen Fidei3. Key ideas ofLumen Fidei4. Reflection on some of the key ideas ofLumen Fidei5. Some practical points6. Concluding thoughts
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1. Aims of the presentation
S To explore how we can havefaith in the future of Catholiceducation in Scotland and beyond
S To allow us to reflect on the EncyclicalLumen FideiS To useLumen Fideias a guide to developing the faith life of
our Catholic schools
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2. Background toLumen Fidei
S Lumen Fideiis part three of atrilogy consisting ofSpe Salvi
(2007) and Caritas in Veritate(2009), both written by PopeBenedict XVI
S Lumen Fidei, although signed byPope Francis, was started by hispredecessor
SJoint-authorship is a sign of theunity of the Magisterium
S Publication date of June 29 isalso significant
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Popes united!
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3. Key ideas ofLumen Fidei
S StructureS
Four sectionsS Sixty paragraphs
S Opening sentenceS The light of Faith: this is
how the Churchs tradition
speaks of the great gift
brought by Jesus.
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Ch 1. We have believed in
love (1 John 4:16)
S Key ideasS Abraham, our Father in faith faith of Israel the fullness of
Christian faith salvation by faith ecclesial form of faith
S CommentS Faith, while personal, is communal. The tradition of
monotheism goes back to Abraham. Ekklesia (Greek)= called
out
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Ch. 2 Unless you believe you
will not understand (Is. 7:9)
S Key ideasS Faith and truth knowledge of the truth and love faith as
hearing and sight the dialogue between faith and reason faith and the search for God faith and theology
S CommentS Faith is a challenge to modernity and the predominance of
rationalism
S For the Catholic, there is a truth: the divine Person of Jesus
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Ch. 3 I have delivered to you
what I also received (1 Cor.
15:3)
S Key ideasS The Church, mother of our faith the sacraments and the
transmission of faith faith, prayer and the Decalogue the
unity and integrity of faith
S CommentS Our need to love the Church as a communion of faith, a living
body called to teach
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Ch. 4 God prepares a city for
them Heb. 11.16
S Key ideasS Faith and the common good faith and the family a light for
life in society consolation and strength amid suffering
blessed is she who believed
S CommentS Dont keep the faith, spread it!S Faith is not a private matter
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4. Reflection on key ideas
a. Knowledge of the the truthand love (26)
b. Dialogue between faith andreason (32-34)
c. Faith and theology (36)d. Sacraments and the
transmission of faith (40-45)
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Dialogue between faith and
reason (32-34)
S Truth nowadays is often reduced to the subjective authenticity ofthe individual, valid only for the life of the individual. A common
truth intimidates us, for we identify it with the intransigent
demands of totalitarian systems. But if truth is a truth of love, if it
is a truth disclosed in personal encounter with the Other and with
others, then it can be set free from its enclosure in individuals and
become part of the common good. As a truth of love, it is not one
that can be imposed by force; it is not a truth that stifles the
individual. Since it is born of love, it can penetrate to the heart, to
the personal core of each man and woman (34).
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Faith and theology (36)
S Clearly, theology is impossible without faith; it is part of the veryprocess of faith, which seeks an ever deeper understanding of
Gods self-disclosure culminating in Christ. It follows thattheology is more than simply an effort of human reason toanalyze and understand, along the lines of the experimentalsciences. God cannot be reduced to an object. He is a subject whomakes himself known and perceived in an interpersonalrelationship. Right faith orients reason to open itself to the lightwhich comes from God, so that reason, guided by love of thetruth, can come to a deeper knowledge of God. The greatmedieval theologians and teachers rightly held that theology, as ascience of faith, is a participation in Gods own knowledge ofhimself.
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Sacraments and the
transmission of faith (40-45)
S For transmitting a purely doctrinal content, an idea might suffice,or perhaps a book, or the repetition of a spoken message. But
what is communicated in the Church, what is handed down in her
living Tradition, is the new light born of an encounter with the
true God, a light which touches us at the core of our being and
engages our minds, wills and emotions, opening us to
relationships lived in communion. There is a special means for
passing down this fullness, a means capable of engaging the entire
person, body and spirit, interior life and relationships with others.
It is the sacraments, celebrated in the Churchs liturgy (40)
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5.
Applicationto context
S The Creed
S The Catholic School as asite of Catholic culture
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Using the Creed
S Re-discover the value ofthe Apostles' and the
Nicene-
Constantinopolitan
Creeds. These creeds are
both prayers and
doctrinal statements and
hence manifest the unity
of faith and worship.
SConsider if one of theCreeds should be prayed
at school Masses and
assemblies (as
appropriate)
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The Catholic
school as a site of
Catholic culture
S The Catholic wayshould be as natural asthe air we breathe
S Emphasise theimportance offeastdays in the Churchsyear: Mass, specialtreats for both staff andpupils
S Emphasise theimportance of thefastdays and what thismeans for ourcommunity
S How can the Catholicschool develop the
faith of the parents?
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6. Concluding
thoughtsDo not be disheartened in theface of the difficulties that theeducational challenge presents!Educating is not a professionbut an attitude, a way of being;
in order to educate it isnecessary to step out ofourselves and be among youngpeople, to accompany them inthe stages of their growth andto set ourselves beside them(Pope Francis June 7 2013:Address to students of Jesuitsschools of Italy and Albania)
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Holy Mary
our hope, Seat
of Wisdom.
Pray for us.