The Meaning of a Catholic Education: "Community is at the heart of all Catholic education, not simply as a concept to be taught, but as a reality to be lived. Your students will learn to understand and appreciate the value of community as they experience love, trust, and loyalty in your schools and educational programs, and as they learn to treat all persons as brothers and sisters created by God and redeemed by Christ." Spoken by his Holiness, Pope John Paul II, in a speech to elementary, secondary and religous education leaders in New Orleans, Louisiana, 9/12/87