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The Catholic Character of our school ...

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.
(Luke 10:27)

 

When Jesus is asked which is the greatest commandment, the answer is the same in all three of the Gospels in which the question is asked: to love God with all your mind, heart, soul and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself. This call to love is at the heart of the educational mission of every Catholic school. It is a mission that is clearly echoed in the Second Vatican Council which teaches that the purpose of an education that is distinctively Christian is threefold (Gravissimum Educationis 2). Its first purpose is to ensure that all pupils understand the faith that gives the school its identity as a Catholic school. The second, is to ensure that all are invited to learn how to worship God in spirit and truth through the prayer and liturgy of the Church. The third, is the formation of all to live in conformity with the pattern of human goodness, truth and justice that we find in Jesus Christ. That is, all pupils in Catholic schools are called to know God more clearly, to love him more dearly and to follow him more nearly every day.

 

(Extract taken from the National Framework for the Inspectation of Catholic Schools, Colleges and Academies)

 

All that follows on this page gives a 'flavour' of how we live this out at St Gregory's ...

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