Pope to Piarists: evangelizing pedagogy
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| Pope Francis meets people from schools and Universities at Pontifical Catholic University of Quito. Quito (Ecuador) July 8th 2015.- ANSA. |
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a Message to mark the
Calasanctian Jubilee Year – a special Jubilee marking the 400th anniversary
of the founding of the Pious Schools, which provide free education to the sons
of the poor, and the Religious Order that runs them, commonly known
as the Piarists, by St. Joseph Calasanctius (Joseph of Calasanz), Sch.P.
In his Message, Pope Francis says, “[The Piarist Fathers]
have always exercised their ministry in school, but have been able to incarnate
their charisma also in several other areas. And, at the same time, they have
been able to respond to the requests of the Church, assuming pastoral services
wherever necessary.”
He goes on to say, “Today more than ever we need an
evangelizing pedagogy capable of changing the heart and reality in harmony with
the Kingdom of God, making people protagonists and participants in the process.
Christian education, especially among the poorest and where the Good News has
little place or touches life marginally, is a privileged means to achieve this
goal.”
The Calasanctian Jubilee Year opened on November 27 of 2016
in the church of San Pantaleo in Rome, with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Joao
Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life
and Societies of Apostolic Life.
The Jubilee Year will end on November 25 of 2017, with a
Eucharistic celebration in San Pantaleo, presided by the Father General of the
Congregation of Piarists, Fr. Pedro Aguado, Sch.P.
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