"Education is one of the most important ways by which the Church fulfills its commitment to the dignity of the person..."
(To Teach as Jesus Did, 1972, #13)

"God has given every human being intrinsic dignity, freedom, and eternal importance." (Sharing the Light of Faith, 1979, #95)

"It must never be forgotten that, in the crises 'which have their greatest effect on the younger generations,' the most important element in the educational endeavor is 'always the individual person: the person, and the moral dignity of that person which is the result of his or her principles, and the conformity of actions with those principles.'" (Lay Catholics in Schools: Witnesses to Faith, 1982, #32)

"The religious dimension makes a true understanding of the human person possible. A human being has a dignity and a greatness exceeding that of all other creatures: a work of God that has been elevated to the supernatural order as a child of God, and therefore having both a divine origin and an eternal destiny which transcend this physical universe. Religion teachers will find the way already prepared for an organic presentation of Christian anthropology." (The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School, 1988, #56)

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