Here are some quotes about education which may be of use in preparing homilies for Education Sunday.
From the Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time
of artificial intelligence, 15 May, 2026:
“Schools are not called to follow the pace of the digital world, but to offer that which the digital
sphere by itself cannot provide, namely a shared time for learning and developing trustworthy
relationships.” (147)
From the Encyclical Letter Drawing New Maps Of Hope, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary
of the Conciliar Declaration Gravissimum educationis , 2025:
“Education does not measure its value only on the axis of efficiency: it measures it according to
dignity, justice, the capacity to serve the common good.” (4.2)
“The Catholic school is an environment in which faith, culture and life intertwine. It is not simply
an institution, but rather a living environment in which the Christian vision permeates every
discipline and every interaction.” (5.2)
From his address to the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Regions of Chicago, Indianapolis, and
Milwaukee (USA) on their ‘Ad Limina’ visit, 30 May, 1998:
“Catholic education aims not only to communicate facts, but also to transmit a coherent,
comprehensive vision of life, in the conviction that the truths contained in that vision liberate
students in the most profound meaning of human freedom.”
“In our mission of education, our first duty is to enlighten the mind with faith.”
“Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.”
