Philosophy

As Catholic educators, our vocation summons us to live according to our Father's code and to lead our students, by example, to live the basic truths of the gospel message. This is an awesome, yet inspiring challenge which we share with the parents of our young men and women.

Children learn what they live. Each day we have the opportunity to teach our students.

• to love by the way we love,
• to be generous by our generosity,
• to be passionate by our compassion, and
• to be forgiving by the way we forgive.

However, a person cannot give what he or she does not have. Unless we are living the gospel message, we cannot lead our students to do so. We must therefore be a eucharist people of prayer in order to have strength and inspiration to live up to the challenge of Catholic education and our vocations as Catholic educators.

There are many hallmarks of a Catholic educator, including:

1. Prayer

The challenges of our vocation, and indeed life in general, are great. To meet them we need to follow Christ's advice, that we "ask the father in My name". Each Catholic educator has a duty to expose students to his or her particular style of prayer in order to assist students to recognize the value of prayer in daily life.

2. Eucharist

Parish, school, and staff liturgies provide opportunities to celebrate our Faith. Our example can testify to the Eucharist as a joyful source of strength and community building.

3. Social Justice

This is the heart of the Christian message, that we "love one another as I have loved you". As our brother's and sister's keepers, we must be concerned about the aged, the poor, the oppressed, and any other marginalized group - both at home and abroad.