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The article discusses the specificity of the functioning of a Catholic school in the light of selected documents of the Church’s Magisterium. The content-related remark was essentially returned to the value of the “axiological climate of a school”, which creates the optimal space for development and progress of pupils and students. The central intuition of the Catholic school is integral upbringing, i.e. care for the unity of elements inherent to a person with what is supernatural and has its source in God’s grace. The personal development of students is integral if the physical, spiritual, intellectual and religious spheres combine in a harmonious way. The educational environment of the school creates attitudes, shapes the mind, implements in social life. It helps young people to grow in humanity. Raising values is undoubtedly the most real challenge for the Catholic school.