ABSTRACT
In this chapter I argue that despite some accounts to the contrary, there exists a serious breach between public and private moralities in Catholic schools and in practices of Catholic moral education.1 In so doing, I endeavour to give voice to some of the hundreds of teachers and students with whom I have worked as professor, counselling psychologist, and consultant in the field of moral education. Using their accounts as my points of departure, I consider some consequences of the breach to which they speak for their psychologies, and suggest that such consequences are dire not only for them but for the Catholic community. Finally, I propose that elements of the Catholic tradition both hinder, and may help to mend, the split between private and public moralities in Catholic education.
