Do you know the story of the woman and the pot roast? Every time this woman would make a pot roast she would cut the end of it off before she put it in her pan. One day one of her kids asked her why she did this to the meat. “I really don’t know why,” she said, “That’s just how my mom did it.” That got her to thinking, so she called her mother to ask her.

Want to know how to raise a child who is morally virtuous, a model citizen in the community, and involved in creating good for our world and their life? Teach them from an early age to serve the needs of those around them. Catholic Schools Week is coming up next week (Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2016). As the pastor of a Catholic faith community, I certainly see the merits of a Catholic education. In my role at CARITAS For Children, I see Catholic teaching put into practice when schools and religious education classes sponsor a child.