Making a pact of "complicity" between schools and families to lead the young through the "journey" that will take them to the "height of human personality". This was the proposal put forward by the archbishop of Paris, mgr. André Vingt-Trois, in his sermon a few days ago, during the celebration of the centenary of the Catholic Normal School founded in 1906, in the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. "Today said the archbishop many adults hesitate in front of the educational adventure": "they shy away from their educational role, often they even refuse to have children. Perhaps they hesitate because they are not sure about the light they could shine or because they do not know whether their lifestyle is the right one for their children. Such hesitation is not a fault. It is rather a grievance, a malaise that comes from the basic questions one asks oneself in one’s lifetime". That’s why the archbishop proposed that families and schools should make a pact of complicity, since both "are the ultimate repositories of the educational journey". It means explained mgr. Vingt-Trois joining "the trust young people place on their families with the trust they learn to place on those who are in charge of leading them during their school years". Unfortunately stressed the archbishop this unity is "weaker and weaker", because "a boy learns one thing at school and the opposite at home". This is why it is important that parents be involved in "the daily life of the school". The archbishop said: "It is a prerequisite for the success of the educational work".
