No evangelising in mission schools?

plo30360 SG

Recently, there has been a lot of noise about Christian schools evangelising their non-Christian students.

While, I understand the MOE's stand to keep things secular, surely parents and the MOE should know that a mission school sees education being based upon Christian values.

Of course, evangelising must never be shoved down the throat of the unwilling.

But recently(ok maybe not so recently) there was a article which stated that, certain Catholic schools totally forbid evangelising in school(they say outside school is okay,IMHO that defeats the purpose of a mission school).

It is resonable for evangelising not to be done during lesson hours but say after lessons have ended?

Finally, the Gospel is meant to be preached(lived out as well), are we negelcting are our Christian duties to evangelise or we choose to evangelise only in certain situations?

laurence82 SG

Duplicate topic?

Already got one topic in EH liao

I posted the article...

plo30360 SG

I find that topics in EH usually disintergrate into flame wars(as with the rest of this forum). Since at the Catholic forum, people a bit more 'peaceful' and since it sos quiet and all...

shade343 SG

I think you have got it wrong. Since when was evangelising part of education?

This is the mission of my primary school:

Enabling our children in a La Sallian community of love and care. To learn how to learn. To learn how to live. To become men of integrity and men for others.

I cannot find any part of the sentence that mentions the word evangelise or preach.

plo30360 SG

Personally I think that the command to evangelise is not restricted to education.

Certain principals of Catholic schools have stated that apart from the name they don't want anything related to religion within the school premises.

Eventually, I feel at this rate, it will become like a situation where mission schools will be no different from secualr schools.

laurence82 SG

Actually, both sides take it wrongly

Christian schools can still continue holding mass or chapel service, and preach Christian values.

What annoy me is that during my years in ACJC, Muslims are allowed to walk away from chapel service, while other non Christians were held back, albeit bit tenaciously.

And, I am also quite disappointed with some of the peeps, including my principal and some preachers. Most just drone on abt Christian values and bits of scriptures, at time, you wonder, are they delivering god's word and practise what they preach?

SingaporeMacross SG

that's the problem everywhere.

Honeybunz SG

I really wonder how true this is.

If I am not wrong, St Pats allow students to join Legion of Mary as CCA.

sbst275 SG

In ACS, that's their practice

For 6 yrs inside

SingaporeMacross SG

My former school also has Legion of Mary. I'm still in it.

St Pats also has St Vincent De Paul Society. Holy high has their Young Christian Students. They are doing very well.