LONDON - 13 June 2007 - 174 words
Report
shows Catholic schools nurture good citizenship
A new report from the Centre For Faith In Society at the Von Hugel
Institute, reveals that Catholic schools in England are preparing
students to be citizens that 'are actively concerned about the
world around them and want to play a full part in the democratic
process when they are adults'.
With a preface by the Prime Minister's faith envoy, Rt Hon John Battle MP, the study is based on interviews in 19 schools across the country - from Burnley to the South East. The authors show that young Catholic school students value dialogue and conversation with people of other faiths, and have a concern for social justice. 40% of the respondents reported regular church attendance. As such Catholic schools can be seen as schools of civic inclusion and participation.
The authors of the report are Bernadette
O'Keeffe and Richard Zipfel who are both Senior Research Associates
at the Centre For Faith In Society, Von Hugel Institute, St Edmund's
College, Cambridge.
For more information see: www.vhi.org.uk
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