Abstract
Fully aware that man’s religious perfection Is greatly facilitated, and promoted by his general culture, the Catholic Church has at all times advocated the cause of education in all branches of learning. The liberal arts especially, with their ability to develop the whole man and to make this perfected human nature the basis of Christ’s grace, have always been patronized in the Church’s schools from the earliest monastic centers of education to the modern universities erected and maintained by her. Besides fostering culture in her schools, she has embellished her liturgy and places of worship with the highest examples of art, so that even the humblest of her children, while fulfilling their religious duties, might be fired with the ambition to make their lives supremely beautiful.