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Come Follow Me and Foresake Temptation - Catholic Schooling and the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers for Religious Teaching Orders, 1922-1965 (Paperback)
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Come Follow Me and Foresake Temptation - Catholic Schooling and the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers for Religious Teaching Orders, 1922-1965 (Paperback)
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Nowadays, lay teachers predominate in Catholic schools throughout
the English-speaking world. Yet, for over a century the Catholic
teaching force was heavily influenced by the presence of the
religious orders. The turning point was the mid 1960s and the
opening up of the Catholic Church to the modern world as a result
of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). This opening up resulted
in large numbers leaving the orders, a major drop off in new
recruits and a consequent need to employ ever-greater numbers of
lay teachers. This book is concerned with the period 1922-65. The
focus is on the situation prevailing in the United States, England
and Wales, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand from 1922 to 1965,
whereby Catholic schools were used to maximise the possibility of
recruiting new members to the religious orders and to minimise
temptation to leave the religious life amongst those who had
already joined. Four major practices are examined in this regard.
First, Catholic schools deliberately set out to encourage pupils to
join the ranks of the religious. Secondly, they replicated within
the schools the authoritarianism of the religious life. Thirdly,
they worked continuously to marginalize lay teachers from
decision-making. Finally, they were ever vigilant in their
opposition to co-education and sex education. The contribution of
the religious orders to Catholic education is recognised in the
final section of the book. However, consideration is also given to
the darker side of what sometimes took place, namely, the child
abuse, both physical and sexual, in which members of various
religious teaching orders engaged. Finally, the book closes with a
brief consideration of changes in Catholiceducation with the demise
in the presence of the religious orders in the schools. In
particular, it focuses on the new role of the lay teachers and the
changes in the Church's attitude towards them.
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