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Seeking
abundant blessings, this website
has been placed under the double-patronage
of
St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John Bosco. |
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WHAT
IS EDOCERE? |
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EDOCERE
[pronounced eh-doh-cheh-reh] is the
online aspect of the
Society of Saint Pius
X's apostolate of
traditional education in the United States
of America District. |
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EDOCERE'S OBJECT |
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edocere.org |
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To promote a
truly Catholic concept of the importance
of the teaching vocation, and to inspire
others, by example and by word, to
desire to enter into the teaching
profession. |
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To encourage
traditional Catholic educators to
understand their mission as a profoundly
supernatural one, as an extension and
participation in the role of the priest
to form Christ in souls. |
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To inspire
and assist traditional Catholic
educators to make a consistent effort to
improve their curriculum and teaching
methods, especially in the core areas
for a liberal arts education. |
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To assist
teachers and educators in their mission
of Catholic education by providing them
with resources (books, articles, tapes,
etc). |
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To integrate
all studies with the knowledge and
practice of the Faith, to overcome the
modern dichotomy between secular and
religious studies, and promote the
Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus
Christ. |
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To promote
the robust philosophy of the Angelic
Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas and the well
proven and tried educational methods of
the Catholic Church. |
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To form
bonds of friendship amongst traditional
Catholic educators, to help them in
overcoming the obstacles to Catholic
education, especially indifference,
laziness, disinterest and worldly
preoccupations. |
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MISSION
STATEMENT OF CATHOLIC EDUCATORS |
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As
traditional Catholic educators, we are
thoroughly committed to Catholic
education and to giving our students
that which will contribute to forming
their whole being to the supernatural
life. Our desire is to help one another
to educate the whole person of the
student in order that he may be
submitted to the reign of Jesus Christ
in the spiritual, moral, intellectual
and physical spheres. |
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