Contemporary Catholic School as a Place of Creating Socially Mature Personality of Children and Teenagers

Abstract

This article deals with contemporary catholic school as one of the educational institutions creating socially mature personalities of children and teenagers. The author presents catholic school as a place of integral education, serving the nation, acting for the common good, creating patriotic conduct, a sense of the national status and being open to the other nations. The foundation of these activities is the fact that the whole educational system is based on educating children and young people for the values such as freedom, justice, responsibility, respect and brotherhood. Young people as future citizens, prepared for the social, political, economic and cultural life of the country and the world, can become the foundation for building sound and strong moral principles in society. The main element of the deliberations of this article is asking the question: Are the educational principles (in the statute, educational programmes, and plans) which are the basis of functioning of the catholic schools in Poland, really put into practice? Do these institutions really influence society by creating the mature personality of the young person?