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As a company we have guided many dioceses through the\nprocess of merging, opening and regionalizing schools. The folks leading those\nefforts often feel a sense of frustration when people express anger, heartache\nand sadness upon hearing the news that their beloved Catholic school is\nclosing, merging or reopening under a new name. \nFor those who have worked behind the scenes gathering the data to make\nan informed decision they have had time to process the news. Those learning of\nit for the first time have not.  Perhaps\na better response may be-thanks for caring. \nFor many people, their Catholic school is the place in which they have\ngrown up and come to know and experience Christ.  Aside from the family, their school is often\none of the first \u201ccommunities\u201d to which they have belonged. The bishops of the\nUnited States in their 1972 pastoral message To Teach as Jesus Did<\/em> expressed this reality: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community is at the heart of Christian education not simply as a concept to be taught but as a reality to be lived. Through education, men must be moved to build community in all areas of life; they can do this best if they have learned the meaning of community by experiencing it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>(National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1972, \u00a723)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In 2005 this message was echoed and expanded upon in the\nUSCCB\u2019s Renewing Our Commitment to\nCatholic Elementary and Secondary Schools in the Third Millennium<\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These Catholic schools afford the fullest and best opportunity to realize the fourfold purpose of Christian education, namely to provide an atmosphere in which the Gospel message is proclaimed, community in Christ is experienced, service to our sisters and brothers is the norm, and thanksgiving and worship of our God is cultivated.”<\/em><\/p>(p. 266)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It is no wonder families are often tossed into an initial\nstate of grief at the news of closures, mergers and regionalizing schools.  Yet, just as the Christian story doesn\u2019t end\nwith death, nor does the story of our schools, for we as Christians believe in\nthe Resurrection.  Just as the Apostles\ninitially felt sadness, loss and fear following the death of Jesus but\nultimately were moved by the Holy Spirit to spread the good news of Jesus Christ,\nso too are we as members of these schools going through a similar change and\ntransformation.  We too are called by the\nHoly Spirit to move beyond our grief to trust in God\u2019s continuous presence in\nour world and be people of hope and courage invigorated by the vision aimed at\nnot only sustaining but growing our Catholic Schools.  Drawing on the writing of the saints, McNeill\nand Higgins (2002) wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had been looking at my life in one way\u2026 And then things happened to destroy it\u2026 To change it\u2026 And in the midst of the destruction, In the midst of the changes, I remained faithful to God. I held on, and God created something new.\u201d <\/p>(pp. 252-264)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

God indeed is creating something new in our schools\ntoday.  We at Meitler feel it in a very\npalpable way. In this past year not only have we helped with regionalizing\nschools, we have assisted in 8 new school studies!  So, while yes, there is sadness and loss\nassociated with change, I pray my response remains a \u201cthank you for caring\u201d\nbecause without the love and care of one another there is the absence of\ncommunity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Jackie Lichter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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