NCEA: Necessary or an excuse to give us the week off?

Many people are skeptical of what the National Catholic Educator's Association convention in Houston really means.  In this post, I'll go into why it's important and where the source of this idea comes from.

The source of this convention is deeply rooted into the nature of the Church's Magisterium. The Magisterium is the teaching arm of the Church. At the head of the Church is the Pope, who uses the Deposit of Faith to determine and define doctrine. This means the Pope is creating the material we need to understand as Catholics and spreads it to the Bishops, who spread the word all across the world.  A large part of the Magisterium is Catholic schools. The NCEA convention, besides giving us an awesome second spring break, serves as a way for the Pope to spread the word.  The NCEA is a meeting of Catholic schooling institutions to help them understand better and worse ways to teach, better and worse materials to teach, and, most importantly, what doctrine is defined as. the NCEA is the forum in which the Pope's doctrine is converted to a format that can be easily taught. It enables teachers to determine the best ways to express God's word to their students. This means the NCEA is more than a big meeting for teachers. It is one of the most important Catholic forums in the US, as it spreads doctrine to a massive audience: students. Moreover, this kind of convention upholds the oneness of the Church. When these educators meet, they do more than talk about teaching. Rather, they become closer together and become more united through God. In this way, the NCEA convention unites all of the educators in America to help preach one powerful message: the message of God.