Autori u radu istražuju izvore sintagme »cjelovit odgoj« te njegovu recepciju u katoličkom nauku o odgoju. Polazeći od kršćanske antropologije, obrazlažu razne implikacije takvog pristupa odgojnom procesu te moguće putove za njegovo ostvarenje u suvremenom kontekstu. Rad je podijeljen u tri dijela. U prvoj točki pod naslovom »Na izvorištu pojma: povijesno‑analitički prikaz« obrađuje se i analizira povijesni izvor pojma cjelovitog odgoja te razumijevanje toga pojma u crkvenim dokumentima te kod domaćih i stranih autora, a posebno u tzv. cjelovitom humanizmu Jacquesa Maritaina. Druga točka pod naslovom »Izabrani teološko‑pedagoški naglasci o cjelovitom odgoju « ističe kršćansku antropologiju kao temelj i izvor ispravnog oblikovanja sadržaja cjelovitog odgoja, uzimajući u obzir suvremene vrijednosne okolnosti koje zahtijevaju nove relacijske dinamike u samom odgojnom procesu. Treća točka rada pod naslovom »Pedagogija srca kao put cjelovitog odgoja« bavi se povezanošću kognitivne i afektivne dimenzije osobe te potrebom za shvaćanjem njezine jedinstvenosti i jednosti, ističući glavne crte Isusove pedagogije i pedagogije Crkve. Takva pedagogija u svojoj je biti personalistička. Kroz rad jasno se ističe utjecaj Jacquesa Maritaina na eksplicitno oblikovanje crkvenog pristupa odgoju. Težište je stavljeno na posadašnjenje antropološko‑teološko‑pedagoškog pristupa cjelovitom odgoju, na kršćanski odgoj kao model cjelovitog odgoja i na njegove moguće primjene. U zaključnom dijelu rada ukazuje se na potrebu povratka na izvore katoličkoga cjelovitog pristupa odgoju. Taj pristup iziskuje entuzijastičku otvorenost srca odgajatelja i odgajanika kroz vjeru u vrhovnog učitelja Isusa Krista. In this article the authors are pursuing the origins of the syntagma »integral education « and its reception in the Catholic teaching on education. Starting from Christian anthropology, the authors are explaining various implications of such an approach to the educational process and possible ways of its realisation in the contemporary context. The article is divided into three parts. The first part, entitled »At the Sources of the Concept: An Historical‑Analytic Overview«, deals with and analyses the historical origin of the concept of integral education and the understanding of this concept in ecclesiastical documents and writings of national and international authors, especially in so‑called integral humanism of Jacques Maritain. The second part, entitled »Se- lected Theological‑Pedagogical Emphases on Integral Education« draws attention to Christian anthropology as the basis and source of correct formation of contents of integral education, while taking into account contemporary value‑oriented circumstances that demand new relational dynamics in the educational process. The third part of the article, entitled »Pedagogy of the Heart as a Way of Integral Education«, deals with the relation between cognitive and affective dimension of the person and with the need to comprehend the person’s uniqueness and oneness, while pointing out the main contours of Jesus’s pedagogy and pedagogy of the Church. Such pedagogy is in its core personalistic. The article is clearly pointing out the influence of Jacques Maritain on the explicit formation of the ecclesiastical approach to education. The emphasis of the article is on bringing up to date the anthropological‑theological‑pedagogical approach to integral education, on Christian education as a model of integral education, and on its possible applications. In the conclusion of the article, the authors are pointing out the need to return back to the sources of Catholic integral approach to education. That approach demands enthusiastic openness of the heart of educator and pupils through faith in the supreme teacher, Jesus Christ.