[Teachers should be] "Possessed by charity...towards each other..." (Declaration on Christian Education, 1965, #8)

"Principal and faculty members have a responsibility to help foster community among themselves..."
(Sharing the Light of Faith, 1979, #232)

"Lay Catholic educators are also members of the educational community; they influence, and are influenced by, the social ambient of the school. Therefore, close relationship should be established with one's colleagues; they should work together as a team." (Lay Catholics in Schools: Witnesses to Faith, 1982, #34)

"Before all else, lay people should find in a Catholic school an atmosphere of sincere respect and cordiality; it should be a place in which authentic human relationships can be formed among all of the educators." (Lay Catholics in Schools: Witnesses to Faith, 1982, #77)

"Teachers find the light and the courage for authentic religious education in their unity among themselves..." (The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School, 1988, #44)

"But what really matters is not the terminology but the reality, and this reality will be assured only if all the teachers unite their educational efforts in the pursuit of a common goal. Sporadic, partial, or uncoordinated efforts, or a situation in which there is a conflict of opinion among the teachers, will interfere with rather than assist in the students' personal development." (The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School, 1988, #99)

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