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9 measure of success in being who one is meant to be: a son or daughter of the Father, open to truth, pursuing goodness, transformed by beauty, and made for eternal life with God. While material suc- cess may follow f rom this, it is not the essential aim of education in a Catholic school. Catholic schools, therefore, can offer the most complete formation. Rooted in Christian anthropol- ogy, they recognize the importance of supernatural ends, formation in virtue, and the good of learning for its own sake. Thus, Catholic schools can impart not simply the knowledge that man finds himself in a sincere gift of himself (Gaudium et Spes, 24), but also the habit of self-gift, namely, the habit of charity exercised in worship of God and service to neighbor. It is no accident that Catholic schools help grad- uates to be servants of the Church and the wider community. Because the Catholic school under- stands who man is in light of Christ, it can offer this robust formation of the whole human person. Thus, the Catholic school has been entrusted with a message and a mission. It is a place of evangeli- zation and catechesis, existing to equip students to go forth proclaiming the marvelous works of God. This mission of evangelization flows f rom the mis- sion of the Church, which exists in order to evan- gelize (Evangelii Nuntiandi, 14). The primary place for the evangelization of children and their growth in the Christian life is the home. Parents are the primary educators of their children and the parish and school support them in this role, providing ad- ditional formation and opportunities for living out the faith. "Catholic education teaches communion with Christ, by living communion with Christ and imitating the love and f reedom of the Trinity. This communion begins in the home—with the divine- ly ordered right and responsibility of parents to educate their children—and extends to the school