Students who are not Catholics in Catholic schools: lessons from the Second Vatican Council about the Catholicity of schools

Abstract

An emerging issue for Catholic schools is their increasing enrolment of students who are not Catholics. This issue requires Catholic schools to find the best way to express their Catholicity in a changing educational environment. Some people perceive the enrolment of students who are not Catholics in Catholic schools to be a hindrance to the Catholicity of the school. This need not be the case. This article expounds on three features of the Second Vatican Council and articulates how they might be helpful for Catholic schools in the way they express their Catholicity within this context. These features are the global church, ecumenism and the relationship with non-Christian religions. This article contends that these features are hallmarks of Catholicity.

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