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To this concept of a Catholic school all schools that are in any way
dependent on the Church must conform as far as possible, though the
Catholic school is to take on different forms in keeping with local
circumstances.[29] Thus the Church considers very dear to her
heart those Catholic schools, found especially in the areas of the new
churches, which are attended also by students who are not Catholics.
Attention should be paid to the needs of today in establishing and
directing Catholic schools. Therefore, though primary and secondary
schools, the foundation of education, must still be fostered, great
importance is to be attached to those which are required in a particular
way by contemporary conditions, such as: professional[30] and
technical schools, centers for educating adults and promoting social
welfare, or for the retarded in need of special care, and also schools
for preparing teachers for religious instruction and other types of
education.
This Sacred Council of the Church earnestly entreats pastors and all
the faithful to spare no sacrifice in helping Catholic schools fulfill
their function in a continually more perfect way, and especially in
caring for the needs of those who are poor in the goods of this world or
who are deprived of the assistance and affection of a family or who are
strangers to the gift of Faith.
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