The Case for Catholic Education Quotes

“of expression is a society that soon finds itself crowded with the army of counselors, social service agents, and police officers needed to manage and contain the young people it has set adrift without rudder.”
― Ryan N.S. Topping, The Case for Catholic Education: Why Parents, Teachers, and Politicians Should Reclaim the Principles of Catholic Pedagogy

“We are growing accustomed, perhaps like frogs in warming water, to seeing education as an instrument for political ends, and the teacher as a servant of the state.”
― Ryan N.S. Topping, The Case for Catholic Education: Why Parents, Teachers, and Politicians Should Reclaim the Principles of Catholic Pedagogy

“First and foremost every Catholic educational institution is a place to encounter the living God who in Jesus Christ reveals his transforming love and truth.”67”
― Ryan N.S. Topping, The Case for Catholic Education: Why Parents, Teachers, and Politicians Should Reclaim the Principles of Catholic Pedagogy

“And yet, to teach the Gospel in our day requires not only that we share our faith, but also that we identify the errors that seek to undermine Christian culture. Here I will mention two that belong to the practice of progressive teaching: that it takes a village to raise a child, and that children are naturally whole.”
― Ryan N.S. Topping, The Case for Catholic Education: Why Parents, Teachers, and Politicians Should Reclaim the Principles of Catholic Pedagogy