‘Wounded Healer’:A paradigm for CatholicEducation today?

David Torevell
28 December 2025, The Tablet

What if the wounds we carry are not obstacles but openings and gateways to grace and transformation? An educationalist asks whether brokenness, when embraced in light of Christ’s own suffering, can become a source of healing for those we teach and serve

Are any of us without wounds – physical, emotional, psychological or spiritual? Surely not. To be human, is to be wounded. Wounds may be caused by others or by events which harm and scar us – they can also viscerally affect our bodies and our minds.

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