Fr. Lombardi began by giving us an awe-inspiring image of the Pope's conversation with the astronauts. What a great analogy for us to consider: a collection of diverse individuals, working together to explore and discover new awes in the universe.
He gave us an incredible number of ideas to consider, frontiers to explore, and tensions to balance. Here are a couple of quotes he gave us regarding the Pope's description of the educational emergency that we face. What do you think of these passages? What in his talk spoke to your school's context?
Benedict XVI notes that, "in reality, it is not only the individual responsibilities of adults and young people that are involved, but also a more widespread mindset: a mentality and a form of culture that lead people to doubt the value of the human person, the meaning of truth and good and, in the final analysis, the goodness of life itself. In such a situation it becomes difficult to transmit any worthwhile and certain values from one generation to another: rules of behaviour and credible goals around which people can build their lives"....
Pope Benedict concluded one of his talks on this subject with a fine definition summarising exactly what education is: "Education means forming new generations so that they know how to relate to the world, strengthened by a significant memory, by a shared inner patrimony of real knowledge which, while recognising the transcendent goal of life, guides thoughts, emotions and judgements " (Address to the Italian Episcopal Conference, 27 May 2010).
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