This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... Teaching of Religion By REV. P. C. YORKE, D. D. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1918. IN our Church legislation concerning Catholic schools the chief reason given for their necessity is our duty to safeguard ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... Teaching of Religion By REV. P. C. YORKE, D. D. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1918. IN our Church legislation concerning Catholic schools the chief reason given for their necessity is our duty to safeguard the faith and morals of the children. In this country and in our day there is another and a positive reason for the establishment of Catholic schools, namely, that without such schools we cannot teach religion at all. Hence, putting aside the intrinsic value of religion as the greatest thing in the world, and looking on the matter from the purely scholastic standpoint, the teaching of religion is the most important function of the Catholic school. Any Catholic school that does not give to the teaching of religion at least the same care, the same skill and the Importance of Religious Teaching. same efficiency that it gives to other subjects, is like the fig tree the Lord cursed, not only because it bears no fruit, but because its very verdure is a snare to the parents that trust it, and a fraud on the Church that maintains it. Therefore, in taking up the subject of the "Teaching of Religion," I am deeply conscious of its importance on the one side, and on the other I realize my personal limitations in giving it adequate treatment. Many large books have been written on the subject, and more and larger books might well be written. I do not pretend to the pedagogical equipment necessary to produce such works, and, besides, on an occasion like this, a paper is limited both by the patience of the audience and the time at our disposal. For those reasons and others, I will confine myself to a plain, untechnical consideration of the problem as...
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