Keeping Our Children Safe

• Education of children includes formation in knowledge and practice of their faith, including participation in Sunday Mass and frequent Confession, and a life of virtue in accordance with the teachings of the Church.

• Christian parents/guardians are the primary educators of their children. They carry out their role in Communion with the Church and her pastors, who are responsible for ensuring that the education offered to the young is in accordance with Church teaching.

• Parents/guardians are assisted by their pastors, from the spiritual riches of the Church, to receive ongoing Christian formation and to choose the means and institutes that can best promote their children’s Catholic education.

• Under the direction of the pastor, Catholic schools, religious education programs, and youth ministry programs should provide assistance as catechetical partners with parents or guardians.