Catholic schools help everyone. They provide a better education for less money. At the same time, they open students’ minds to the higher reality of God and salvation.
Learning about God, His saints, angels, and the rest of creation gives young students a real advantage. Those who learn of the One, Eternal Truth are less likely to be swayed by passing fads and fancies.
That, in a world buffeted by utterly insane philosophies, is of immense value. Those who grow up with a belief in God and His Permanence are less likely to be swept up in, for instance, the manic worrying about Global Freezing/Warming and elevating Imaginary Problems to things worth thinking about.
Those who learn everlasting truths tend to not worship the newest idols elevated on the endless altars throughout Vanity Fair. They focus on doing their jobs. They worry about important things, like saving their souls. They have, and take care, of families.
A steady diet of the intellectual fare served up in the public schools merely elevates the perpetual desire for more state funding into a variety of idols, the worship of which leads to perdition.
Catholic Schools provide better educations at lower costs. It is a mystery why Bishops don’t encourage them to provide for Catholic home-schoolers who would benefit by access to their gyms, labs, sports, and other activities.
Catholic schools greatest benefit? Teaching everlasting truth. If Catholic schools would combine with home-schooling, more would benefit.
