NEED FOR THE PRINCIPLES

Educators need to create an environment where the students are able to point out the true lighthouses that will guide them to success in their lives. The Archdiocesan Youth Education Services (AYES) invites every Catholic Educative Institution in the Archdiocese to join hands in promoting lasting Principles.

Academic Excellence devoid of Principles is no excellence at all. Mahatma Gandhi said it so well, The Roots of Violence are Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles” Violence takes up many forms and the above are clearly visible in our country and all over the world.

It is hoped that AYES will be able to motivate schools to become more ‘Living Value Environments’ in which Values are the content and process through which education takes place.

Martin Luther summarizes the need for Lighthouse Principles; “If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.” In living out the Lighthouse Principles, we hope and pray that all of us may align our lives according to the will of God who is the author of these everlasting principles.