![]() "Literature and arts are also, in their own way, of great importance to the life of the Church. The theme builds on the insights of the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes, in which the Fathers of Vatican II had affirmed that: For any educator wanting to examine ways of bringing Catholic culture back into the school curriculum, this magisterial theme is worth close consideration. Following in the footsteps of Paul VI and John Paul II, he took as his theme the via pulchritudinis, the way of beauty, and sought to draw inspiration from artists while simultaneously challenging them to work with the Church. ![]() On 21st November 2009 Pope Benedict XVI addressed 250 artists, both believers and non-believers, in the Sistine Chapel. He is an English teacher at Woldingham School, Surrey, and maintains a blog - where some of the books mentioned in this article are discussed in greater depth. His piece is also a masterly and succinct guide to the unbalanced development of post-Reformation literature. ![]() Mr Peachey convincingly argues that there are worrying lacunae in the school curriculum. Roy Peachey FAITH Magazine March – April 2011 Share: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus ![]()
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