Catholic Schools

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   CATHOLIC schools

Catholic
schools can be found in most countries around the world and in each -
due to political, cultural, religious and other differences unique to
each nation - they look different and serve a slightly different
purpose.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Catholic schools exist in every major city
and additionally in most towns and villages with a Catholic population
large enough to support such a facility.

Their main focus is not on faith, since the Catholic faith in Bosnia
and Herzegovina is taught mainly through family traditions and special
classes held at Roman Catholic churches every Sunday. The main focus of
Catholic schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina is simply giving students
the same lessons they would receive at public schools but from a Roman
Catholic perspective.

For example, history classes at Bosnian public schools tend to focus on
the Illyrian, Roman, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and modern eras. At
Catholic schools, the same eras are taught but there is much more focus
on the Roman era and all other eras are taught with a particular focus
on the events significant to Roman Catholics, as well as their culture
and lifestyle.

Catholic schools tend to be among the most beautiful schools in Bosnia
and Herzegovina because most of those still in operation today were
built during the Austro-Hungarian era in styles inspired by every
corner of the Roman Catholic world.

My favorite Catholic school in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Franciscan
Academy in Visoko, a town just a few minutes northwest of Sarajevo. The
school is run by an administration that truly represents the values of
Christianity in a way that would be honorable and impressive
everywhere, and especially so in a predominantly Muslim town in the
middle of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It is also one of the most beautiful Catholic schools in the Sarajevo area.

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