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God in his loving plan sent his Son Jesus to redeem mankind
from sin. This was made possible through the generous
self giving of the Blessed Virgin Mary when Jesus became
incarnate in her womb through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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By
this incarnation of the Son of God brought a spiritual
rebirth to mankind.
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To
continue this saving work of Jesus he founded the Catholic
Church on the day of Pentecost when he sent the Holy Spirit.
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Moved
by the Holy Spirit, the Church is constantly deepening
her awareness of herself and meditating on the mystery
of her being and mission.
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Thus
she is ever discovering her living relationship with Christ…Her
destiny is to serve humanity until it reaches its fullness
in Christ.
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This
mission of the Church to serve humanity is fulfilled for
the salvation of mankind through Evangelization.
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That
through the Church she must proclaim the good news of
salvation to all
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To
generate new creatures in Christ through Baptism and train
them to live knowingly as children of God.
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The
Church to carry out her saving mission uses other means
which at different times and in different cultures have
proved effective in achieving and promoting the development
of the human person.
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The
Church establishes her own school because she considers
them as a privileged means of promoting the formation
of the whole man. (Catholic School is Christ-gospel centered)
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The
Catholic School forms part of the saving mission of the
Church especially for the education of the faith. It is
the gospel of Christ taking root in the minds and lives
of the faithful that the Catholic School finds its definition
as it comes to terms with the cultural conditions of the
times.
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Catholic
Schools were recognized as offering a systematic understanding
of the link between faith and life with the classroom
providing an opportunity for understanding the person
through the prism of the various academic fields with
faith as the integrating factor.
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The
renewal in the Church through the PCP II(2nd Plenary Council
of the Phil.) on its document entitled “The Other
Communities of Renewal” pp.4-6 concluded that the
Catholic Educational Institutions are among the most necessary
and potent means of Evangelization.
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MAPSA
and the CIE as an implementing arm of the Catholic School
envision itself as a communion of schools in mission of
promoting evangelized globalization in the light of love
and preference for the poor. MAPSA shares in the essential
mission of the Church which is evangelization that is
deeply rooted in the life of Jesus. (MAPSA Admin. Book,1998)
