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March 12, 2026

Education according to Father d’Alzon

Father Emmanuel d’Alzon

Letters to the Sisters, 1865

"Education must form the whole man, body and soul, mind and heart."

Father Emmanuel d 'Alzon reminds us that education is not limited to intellectual instruction, but must develop all the dimensions of the human person.

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