Before the cross | A trinity of essential characteristics define identity of Catholic schools
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What are the fundamental characteristics of a Catholic school? What constitutes a school's "Catholic identity"?
It's not the externals — the crucifixes on the classroom walls, the pictures and statues of the saints, the habits worn by the Sisters or the little boxes or rice bowls used to collect money for the missions. These are important physical symbols (sacramentals) that remind us of deeper truths, but they are not the essential things that make a school Catholic.
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