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In this second volume of the Mission and Education series two Australian Catholic educators face squarely the issue of the Catholicity of the entire formal curriculum - what is involved, and why it is a vital matter for the consideration of all those committed to the education of young people in Catholic schools.

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If Catholic schools and colleges are to preserve their true mission and their religious integrity in the face of secularism and the colonising power of 'national economic requirements', then they must possess a distinctive cultural heart which is an authentic Catholic Curriculum. Drawing upon the wisdom of theology, missiology, sociology, history, philosophy and anthropology, the authors of this impressive text have produced a major educational resource to show Catholic educators how this could be achieved. This is a landmark publication, of great value, not only to educators in Australia, but also internationally. Professor Gerald Grace Director Centre for Research and Development in Catholic Education (CRDCE), University of London. A learned and thoroughly researched study, this book should fruitfully enlighten and encourage discussion of curriculum in Catholic schools. Professor Gerald O'Collins S.J. Emeritus Dean of Theology Pontifical Gregorian University Rome An excellent book that combines intricate knowledge and understanding of updated curriculum thinking with piercing insight into the challenges implied by such thinking for Catholic schools. The book challenges a range of facile approaches to being a Catholic school in a public setting, including that the Catholic school can ignore its wider public context or that being Catholic means simply adding a layer of RE to an essentially public enterprise. The book goes to the heart of the justification of Catholic schooling by illustrating a range of differences that might be notable in a distinctively Catholic Curriculum. In a day and age of much talk about Catholicity and Catholic Identity, the D'Orsas make it plain that there is no simple formula, nor can it ever be viable that there is only one way of being Catholic. 'Catholic Curriculum' is a complex term that can only be meaningfully applied in the real context of a multitude of societal influences and educational stakeholders. The book's stated task is to reframe the conversation around Catholic Curriculum, a goal well achieved in my view. Professor Terence Lovat Professor Emeritus The University of Newcastle

"""If Catholic schools and colleges are to preserve their true mission and their religious integrity in the face of secularism and the colonising power of 'national economic requirements', then they must possess a distinctive cultural heart which is an authentic Catholic Curriculum. Drawing upon the wisdom of theology, missiology, sociology, history, philosophy and anthropology, the authors of this impressive text have produced a major educational resource to show Catholic educators how this could be achieved. This is a landmark publication, of great value, not only to educators in Australia, but also internationally."" Professor Gerald Grace Director Centre for Research and Development in Catholic Education (CRDCE), University of London. ""A learned and thoroughly researched study, this book should fruitfully enlighten and encourage discussion of curriculum in Catholic schools."" Professor Gerald O'Collins S.J. Emeritus Dean of Theology Pontifical Gregorian University Rome ""An excellent book that combines intricate knowledge and understanding of updated curriculum thinking with piercing insight into the challenges implied by such thinking for Catholic schools. The book challenges a range of facile approaches to being a Catholic school in a public setting, including that the Catholic school can ignore its wider public context or that being Catholic means simply adding a layer of RE to an essentially public enterprise. The book goes to the heart of the justification of Catholic schooling by illustrating a range of differences that might be notable in a distinctively Catholic Curriculum. In a day and age of much talk about Catholicity and Catholic Identity, the D'Orsas make it plain that there is no simple formula, nor can it ever be viable that there is only one way of being Catholic. 'Catholic Curriculum' is a complex term that can only be meaningfully applied in the real context of a multitude of societal influences and educational stakeholders. The book's stated task is to reframe the conversation around Catholic Curriculum, a goal well achieved in my view."" Professor Terence Lovat Professor Emeritus The University of Newcastle"

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Prof Therese D'Orsa is a Catholic missiologist and educational leader who has exercised a wide range of leadership roles in Catholic education systems and has taught in several tertiary institutions. She is currently conjoint professor of the University of Newcastle and the Broken Bay Institute, a visiting lecturer at the Yarra Theological Union, and an honorary fellow of Australian Catholic University. Dr Jim D'Orsa is a Catholic educator with an extensive history of teaching and senior leadership in schools and systems. He was a pioneer in preparing lay leaders to take on the development of vision and mission in Catholic colleges. Jim lectures at the Broken Bay Institute, is a visiting lecturer at Yarra Theological Union, and research associate of the MCD University of Divinity.

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