Catholic schools must lead students to know, love Jesus

A Catholic school must be “always clearly Catholic” and, as a result, focused on leading its students “to a personal knowledge and love of Jesus Christ,” says Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. And while a school may never be exclusive, Catholic education cannot be “milk and watery about who Jesus is and what belief in Jesus involves,” he said.  In a challenge to all Catholic schools, primary and second level, he pointed out that schools need to be clear that the term ‘ethos’ cannot be reduced to vague generalities or undefined ‘Gospel values’.

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Study finds movie-and-talk cuts divorce rate

A new study has found that married couples can greatly strengthen their marriage and more than halve the likelihood of early divorce by watching movies together and discussing them. Couples were asked to watch together, over one month, 5 movies about relationships, discussing each one for 30-45 minutes, guided by a list of 12 questions.

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