Catholic schools should become “laboratories of synodality” where young people are heard, trusted and given opportunities to lead, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said August 10.
Amid growing educational challenges in the region, senior Catholic leaders are calling on educators to take active roles in addressing both academic and spiritual needs within schools, emphasizing the role of faith in shaping well-rounded individuals.
On September 27, the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) national office in Quezon City, near Manila, hosted the 2024 Catholic Association of Social Science Teachers (CASST) Assembly.
Father Ulep urged the audience to contemplate the societal frameworks that enable the epidemic of poverty-related deaths and to embrace the discomfort they cause.