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Spreading the Truth
39. The world of education also calls for the qualified
presence of consecrated men and women. The mystery of the Incarnation provides
the basis for an anthropology which is capable of going beyond its own
limitations and contradictions to Jesus, “the new man” (Eph 4:24; cf. Col 3:10).
Because the Son of God truly became man, men and women, in and through him, can
truly become children of God.127
Consecrated persons are able to
develop a particularly incisive ministry in this field, thanks to their
experience of the particular gifts of the Spirit, their careful listening to to
the Word, their constant practice of discernment and their rich
heritage of pedagogical traditions amassed since the establishment of their
Institutes. Equipped with this charism, consecrated persons give life to
educational undertakings permeated by the Gospel spirit of freedom, justice and
charity in which young people are helped to mature humanly under the action of
the Spirit, while at the same time proposing sanctity as the goal of education
for teachers and students alike.128
A
renewed cultural commitment which seeks to raise the level of personal
preparation and prepares for a dialogue between faith and the contemporary
mentality, which fosters, an intense evangelization of culture, as service to
the truth, in the academic institutions themselves,129 must
be promoted in consecrated life. A presence in social communication is also
needed more than ever.130 Every effort in this new and
strategic apostolic field is encouraged so that initiatives in various sectors
may be better coordinated and reach higher levels of quality and effectiveness.
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