18/09/2026
๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
A lesson in electrical work can teach a student how a circuit works. But the work of education goes further.
Study asks something of us. It calls for attention, diligence, patience, and the willingness to develop the abilities God has given us. When done well, study itself can become a way of drawing closer to Him.
St. Josemarรญa Escrivรก encouraged students to ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐, ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. He reminded them that intellectual formation should serve something deeper: our formation as children of God. He also puts it this way:
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ: ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐, ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ข. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ.
This is part of what we hope our students learn at CDC.
To study well is not simply to prepare for what you will become. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป.
