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Catholic schools face many difficulties surrounding
enrollment, finances, and personnel. Discipleship
could be seen as simply another thing to add to
the list of demands and challenges. Rather than
becoming another box to check, discipleship
should f ree the school f rom feeling burdened. It
can transform obstacles to opportunities by di-
recting everything in the life of the school toward
mission. The Catholic school has received a call to
live the faith joyfully and in a contagious way. Ev-
eryone in the school community should find unity
and hope in this shared mission. The school should
find security and peace in its mission, so central to
the life of the Church, to make disciples and teach
them so that they can follow Jesus. Becoming a
"school of the Lord's service" will enable our schools
to serve as oases of truth, goodness, and beauty
and places where Christ can heal and transform
both our students and the world.
