The narrative adopted in this article presents a historical intrigue that comes from a set of interpretations that propose to analyze the strategies used by the Catholic Church hierarchy which encouraged cultural manifestations of civic character in educational institutions under their tutelage through their episcopal documents. The paper focuses his investigation in patriotic parades of students of elementary and secondary schools that occurred in the early twentieth century, which paid tribute to the Republic at different moments. In this sense it takes the example of schools administered by the Salesian Congregation of Dom Bosco, in particular, the Lyceum Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora of Campinas (São Paulo).
Catholic Church; patriotic parades; school culture