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Excerpt from Pastoral Letter of His Grace the Archbishop of St. Boniface, on the New School Laws of Manitoba F atheis and mothers, guardians and fiiends of children, it is especially to you that we speak God has given you your children in trust, they are yours because they are His, as you are yourselves; your first duty in receiving such a sacred trust is to do all in your power that those children may con tinue to belong to God, not merely by the absolute dominion he has over all created beings and which cannot be taken from Him, but also by the affectionate submission these young hearts will render their Creator, when the development of their intellect allow them to acknowledge that they owe Him ex e1ything and that existing by Him they must exist f.01 Him. Youi most important Obligation towards your children 1s then to begin yourselves to inculcate in their young hearts the knowledge and love of God as well as the duties pie scribed by His holy law. When the children grow in age, they must be provided with more instruction. The acqui tion of seculai knowledge, without being as indispensable that of the things necessary to salvation, is nevertheless of the highest importance and cannot be neglected; hence the necessity for Sending children to school, this new phase 111 the life of those so justly dear to you, increases your 1espen sibility. You know that it is necessary that all. Those en trusted to you by God should be trained saily in a christian life, hence the iinpoitance of having christian schools, and all schools deprived of that char1acte1 are not commendable to christian parents. You are in duty bonnd to keep your child 1en from Schools 111 which their faith and morals do not find perfect security. Alas! In spite of all your care and vigilan they may receive a pernicious influence; at least look to it, that the school in itself may not be a dangerous plate for you1 children; be certain that the teachers give full guarantee that they will continue the samed ministration that you exercise at home; let the school be 1n harmony with the paternal roof foi the fo1 mation of the heart; let the teachings of the maste1s be the echo of the w01ds of the father and mother telling their children what they must believe, and explaining to them the numerous duties required by the service of God and the love of thei1 neighbors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This new edition of The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, originally published in 1982, includes a new preface and conclusion that reflect upon the failure of biculturalism and Quebec's continuing struggle to define its place within Canada and the world.
