Today more than ever, Catholic schools must bring young people to understand that creation is a gift, not a commodity, and that every human being has inherent dignity

George H. W. Bush, when asked in a Time magazine profile in 1987 what his agenda might be if he were to run for president, referred to a compelling purpose as “the vision thing”. The origins of the need for a vision, however, go back a lot further. In the King James Version of Proverbs, we read: “Without a vision, the people perish” (29:18). This is the phrase we’re used to hearing, but the English Standard Version translates it as: “Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint.”

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