But there is more to it than that.Īs parents, it is our role to help and guide our children in the faith, so that they can live in God fully and joyfully. Oftentimes, Catholics tend to look at our faith as just a Religion subject. It was a touching experience that made me yearn to learn more and more. As we read books (not text-books) about the sacrament, I found myself understanding and learning more about our faith… and yes I teared up at times. One of my most memorable homeschool experiences was preparing my then second grader prepare for her First Holy Communion. There must be a way to impart the truth and richness of our faith, I thought.
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At first, I really didn’t know how to start, but I knew that I wanted to give her and her siblings a Catholic education that is more than just memorization of the 12 Disciples, or the Beatitudes without going deeper. – Gravissimum EducationisĪs we decided to keep our eldest, and the next two children, at home and embraced homeschooling, we naturally gravitated towards providing them with a Catholic education. Hence, the family is the first school of those social virtues which every society needs. For it devolves on parents to create a family atmosphere so animated with love and reverence for God and others that a well-rounded personal and social development will be fostered among the children. Their role as educators is so decisive that scarcely anything can compensate for their failure in it. Hence, parents must be acknowledged as the first and foremost educators of their children. Since parents have conferred life on their children, they have a most solemn obligation to educate the offspring. It was “Prayerfully Expecting: A Nine-Month Novena for Mothers-To-Be,” and it included several quotes from Vatican II about the role of parents that I kept in my heart through the years.
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