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Cahaya Kebahagiaan Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Pastoral care

I would like explanation for the word pastoral care in this sentence:


We achieve our success through the excellence of our teaching, through our provision of a wide range of co-curricular activities, through the quality of our pastoral care, and, not least, through our constant desire to seek improvement.
  

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org/wiki/Church_body or congregation , or to persons of all faiths and none within institutional settings. org/wiki/Pastoral_counseling .

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  • org/wiki/Church_body or congregation , or to persons of all faiths and none within institutional settings.
  • org/wiki/Pastoral_counseling .
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I couldn't say it better than Wikipedia:

Pastoral care is the ministry of care and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counseling provided by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastor,
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Hi,

In literal terms, 'pastoral care' often refers to the manner in which a shepherd takes care of his sheep.

In a religious context, it often refers figuratively to how a priest takes care of the members of his church. Priests are often referred to as 'pastors' or even as 'shephe
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Thank you. But, what has this pastoral care to do with educational setting? I dont get it. This is the speech that I got from head of one educational institution (A-level) in my conutry.
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Cahaya KebahagiaanThank you. But, what has this pastoral care to do with educational setting? I dont get it. This is the speech that I got from head of one educational institution (A-level) in my conutry.
It appears the institution is either sponsored by a religious organization or places great importance on religion/spiritual well-being.

The other re
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ooh..I got it.I think it is about the care towards the student.Thank you very much
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