Nairobi, 28 April, 2023 / 9:57 pm (ACI Africa).
Institutions of learning under the auspices of the Catholic Church in Kenya are moral and faith formation “hubs” where young people “get the right values”, the Bishop of the country’s Kitui Diocese has said.
In his homily on the third day of the Catholic Private Education Institutions Association (CaPEIA) conference, Bishop Joseph Mwongela urged teachers and managers of schools to take seriously the task of forming young people in leadership values.
“Catholic schools are hubs for our moral values and faith formation for the whole school community in respect to human dignity,” Bishop Mwongela said Thursday, April 27, the last day of the event that was held at the Kenya-based Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA).
The aim of Catholic schools “is to form our future leaders to be sincere and get the right values among our children”, he said, adding, “This is our prayer because to change our country we must start with our young ones.”
The Kenyan Catholic Bishop posed, “How are we preparing for the future today? Are we preparing those who will take over from us? Who will be our members of parliament? Who will be our Chief Executive Officers in different capacities in the private and in the public sector if we don't form them in our schools?”
