Quotes: Discipleship

Collectively, the quotations in this section represent the essence of Catholic teacher identity. They may be useful for general information regarding the content of the Church documents on education. In addition, they may serve as reflective pieces for teachers at faculty meetings, incorporated into paraliturgical services, inserted into newsletters to educate parents, and used as the basis for constructing a Catholic school's philosophy statement.

Below we have listed the different categories of quotations stored on our database. Please feel free to browse through our selections.

Quotation Themes

Catholic Education	Collaborating with Colleagues
Lifelong Learning	Religious Truths, Values, and Cultures
Educating the Whole Child	Educating to Peace and Justice
Social Development	Discipleship
Human Sexuality	Teacher as Model of Christian Values
Christian Message, Community, Worship, and Service	Spiritual Formation of Teachers
Relationships with Students	Teacher Self-Assessment
Spirtitual Formation and Transformation	Dignity of the Student
Christian Service	Cultural Diversity
Teacher's Call to Remain Professionally Updated	Community Building
Importance of Catholic Education	Collaborating with Parents
Teaching as Vocation	Collaborating with the Outside Community
Love	Shared Vision
Leadership

"Ours is the pain of constantly pitching our tent and folding it up again, of befriending strangers and bidding them good-bye, of loving the world but never being truly satisfied with it, of pouring our heart and soul into a project others have begun and still others will finish. If we would not be torn in two by the tension of this truth, we must learn to live provisionally -- to measure the road well. We need to make the most of occasions when we can gather by the roadside to break bread and compare directions. Joy must be discovered in the going as we never really arrive, not even in a lifetime."
(Kristine Malins, Medical Missionary Magazine, Vol. 42, #6, 1968, p. 192).

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