Presented by Emmanuel Rentoy January 25, 2022 4:15PM About Mann Rentoy A lecturer from the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), he has taught for more than 30 years. He is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) where he earned a double-degree in AB Journalism and AB Literature, an MA in Creative Writing, and a PhD in Literature. He was the Founding Executive Director of Westbridge School in Iloilo City. He was in the first batch of graduates of PAREF Southridge School, where he also taught for 15 years, occupying various posts including Principal of Intermediate School, Vice-Principal of High School and Department Head of Religion. As Moderator of “The Ridge”, the official publication of Southridge, he won 9 trophies from the Catholic Mass Media Awards including the first ever Hall of Fame for Student Publication, for winning as the best campus paper in the country for four consecutive years. He is the Founding Executive Director of “Character Education Partnership Philippines”, or CEP Philippines, an international affiliate of CEP in Washington, DC, USA. As Founder of CEP Philippines, he has been invited to speak all over the country, as well as in Washington D.C., San Diego, California, USA, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He also serves as the Founding President of Center for 4th and 5th Rs (Respect & Responsibility) Asia, otherwise known as the Thomas Lickona Institute for Asia. He is probably the most visible advocate of character formation in the country, having spoken to hundreds of schools and universities around the Philippines. Email us at catalystpds@gmail.com www.characterconferences.com

5. TEACHER’S PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH
O Blessed Saint Joseph,
guardian of the Child Jesus,
we pray that you will help us
in our daily troubles and tribulations
as we try to pass on to our students
all the teachings that they need,
to be able to succeed in their chosen professions.
Help us to teach,
and help them to learn.
Guide us all as you guided your most Holy Son,
Jesus.
Obtain for us the graces we need,
not only to teach and to learn,
but to stay on the path shown
by the Light of Christ.
Amen.

6. Stop Teaching
Subjects.
Start Teaching
Children.

7. Stop Teaching.
Start
Evangelizing.

8. Our students must be formed to fall in love:
with our Catholic Faith
with our Mother the Church
with our Catholic Life

9. If teaching is such a noble job,
teaching in a Catholic School is
doubly noble:
Ultimately, our employer is
Christ Himself!

10. TEACHERS

11. 78. By their witness and their
behaviour, teachers are of
the first importance to
impart a distinctive character
to Catholic schools.

12. It is, therefore, indispensable to
ensure their continuing formation
through some form of suitable
pastoral provision.

13. This must aim to animate them as witnesses of
Christ in the classroom and tackle the
problems of their particular apostolate,
especially regarding a Christian vision of the
world and of education, problems also
connected with the art of teaching in
accordance with the principles of the Gospel.

14. Only one who has this conviction and accepts
Christ's message, who has a love for and
understands today's young people, who
appreciates what people's real problems and
difficulties are, will be led to contribute with
courage and even audacity to the progress of
this apostolate in building up a Catholic school…

15. An Effective
Catholic Teacher is
not
DISCONNECTED

19. CRISIS OF THE
DIGITAL GENERATION

26. Digital
Addiction

33. Do you really know
what your students
are up to?

34. 1. Emphasis on popular music (which include
swearing and sexual lyrics)
2. revealing clothes
3. suggestive dance moves
4. algorithm designed for maximum hunger for
likes, followers and comments (famewhore)

35. Self-Centered
Vain

36. Depression

37. Teen Suicide

38. Teen
Pregnancy

42. Evangelization in the Modern World (Evangelii Nuntiandi), #21
Pope Paul VI, 1975
Modern man listens more willingly
to witnesses than to teachers, and if
he does listen to teachers, it is
because they are witnesses.”

43. The Catholic School, # 43
Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, 1977.
The nobility of the task to which teachers are called
demands that, in imitation of Christ, the only
Teacher, they reveal the Christian message not only
by word but also by every gesture of their behavior.

44. AN EFFECTIVE CATHOLIC
TEACHER
IS A ROLE MODEL

45. AN EFFECTIVE CATHOLIC
TEACHER
TEACHES BY HIS EXEMPLARY
LIFE

46. The Catholic School, # 78
Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, 1977.
By their witness and their behavior teachers are
of the first importance to impart a distinctive
character to Catholic schools.

47. The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School: Guidelines for Reflection and Renewal, #111.
Congregation for Catholic Education, 1988.
Each of the students has his or her own life, family
and social background, and these are not always
happy situations. They feel the unrest of the child or
adolescent, which grows more intense as they face
the problems and worries of a young person
approaching maturity. Teachers will pray for each of
them, that the grace present in the Catholic school’s
milieu may permeate their whole person, ….

48. AN EFFECTIVE
CATHOLIC
TEACHER
PRAYS FOR THE
STUDENTS

49. The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School: Guidelines for Reflection and Renewal, #111.
Congregation for Catholic Education, 1988.
And the students will learn that they must pray for
their teachers. As they get older, they will come to
appreciate the pain and the difficulties that teaching
involves. They will pray that the educational gifts of
their teachers may be more effective, that they may
be comforted by success in their work, that grace
may sustain their dedication and bring them peace in
their work.

51. AN EFFECTIVE
CATHOLIC
TEACHER
IS NOT AFRAID TO
USE THE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES TO
TEACH THE
YOUNG

52. Educating Together in Catholic Schools: A Shared Mission between Consecrated Persons and the Lay Faithful,
#4.
Congregation for Catholic Education, 2007.
The project of the Catholic school is
convincing only if carried out by people
who are deeply motivated, because they
witness to a living encounter with Christ,

53. Canon #803 §2.
The instruction and education in a Catholic
school must be grounded in the principles of
Catholic doctrine; teachers are to be
outstanding in correct doctrine and integrity of
life.

54. AN EFFECTIVE CATHOLIC TEACHER
IS AN EXPERT IN MATTERS OF FAITH
& MORALS

55. – Address of the Saint
Pope John Paul II to the
Bishops of the
Ecclesiastical Regions of
Chicago, Indianapolis,
and Milwaukee (USA) on
Their “Ad Limina” Visit,
May 30, 1998

56. “No Catholic
school can be
effective
without
dedicated
Catholic
teachers…”

57. “Catholic
education is
above all a
question of
communicating
Christ, of helping
to form Christ in
the lives of
others…”

58. “The mission of the
Catholic school is the
integral formation of
students, so that they
may be true to their
condition as Christ’s
disciples and as such work
effectively for the
evangelization of culture
and for the common good
of society.”
– Address of the Saint Pope John Paul II to the Bishops of the
Ecclesiastical Regions of Chicago, Indianapolis, and Milwaukee
(USA) on Their “Ad Limina” Visit, May 30, 1998

59. “Catholic education aims
not only to communicate
facts, but also to transmit
a coherent,
comprehensive vision of
life, in the conviction that
the truths contained in
that vision liberate
students in the most
profound meaning of
human freedom.”
Address of the Holy Father Pope John Paul II to the Bishops of
the Ecclesiastical Regions of Chicago, Indianapolis, and
Milwaukee (USA) on Their “Ad Limina” Visit, May 30, 1998

61. AN IDEAL CATHOLIC
TEACHER
HAS GENUINE LOVE
FOR THE STUDENTS

62. A good school provides a rounded
education for the whole person. And
a good Catholic school, over and
above this, should help all its
students to become saints.
Pope Benedict XVI

63. AN IDEAL
CATHOLIC
TEACHER
HELPS STUDENTS
TO BECOME
SAINTS

64. Let us thank all those who teach
in Catholic schools. Educating is
an act of love; it is like giving life.
Pope Francis

65. Our Catholic schools exist
to help young people attain
holiness in their lives, that
is, to become saints.
Salvatore J. Cordileone

66. “The duty of a good teacher , all the
more for a Christian teacher , is to love
his or her more difficult, weaker, more
disadvantaged students with greater
intensity. Jesus would say, if you love
only those who study, who are well
educated, what merit do you have?
And there are some who make us lose
our patience, but we must love them
even more!
Pope Francis, Address, 2015

67. Now more than ever,
people need the
FAITH.

69. TOP TEN TRAITS OF
GREAT TEACHERS

71. Great Teachers are
humble.

72. Great Teachers are
Patient.

73. Great Teachers are Kind
and Show Respect.

74. Great Teachers have
Enthusiasm for their Subject
Matter.

75. Great Teachers Show
Not Tell.

76. Great Teachers are
Positive. They Smile.

78. Great Teachers Engage
Their Students.

80. Great Teachers Have
High Expectations.

81. Great Teachers Provide a Warm
Environment and Allow Their
Students to Make Mistakes.

83. Jesus, the ultimate Great Teacher, gave
everyone a chance. Think of the tax
collectors and prostitutes. Surely there is
hope for those who some perceive as the
least able or willing of students.

85. This is why
IT’S A VOCATION,
more than just an
employment.

86. This is why
IT’S A MISSION,
more than just a job.

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