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The District 3 Year Strategic Education Plan Survey 2008-2011
Our Foundation
Our Mission
The mission of Edmonton Catholic Schools is to provide a Catholic education that inspires and prepares students to learn, to work, to live fully, and to serve God in one another.
Our Vision
Christ’s teachings inspire our staff to see each child as a precious gift and sacred responsibility. Our students will develop beliefs, attitudes and skills necessary to live a faith-filled life of service.
By strengthening the relationship among home, school and parish, we instill a message of hope and social consciousness.
Core Values
Dignity & Respect
We are called to value each person, and to treat one another with compassion.
Honesty
Be noble of mind and heart, generous in forgiving.
Loyalty
We strive towards loyalty to the vision, mission, goals and fundamental purpose of our school district. Fairness We seek unity without uniformity, symmetry without sameness, and diversity without divisiveness. Personal & Communal Growth In Edmonton Catholic Schools, we are an organization of people, committed to the growth of the whole person.
Eight Characters of Catholic Education
Community
Catholics approach God together and commit to living as a community, a people of God in the world. The Catholic community, which extends over time and space, finds its life source in the traditional belief that the church represents the mystical Body of Christ. The Catholic community serves the common good of society by integrating faith and culture, thereby transforming society.
Tradition
Tradition is foundational to the formation of the Catholic community. Tradition means holding on to the life of the community, being open to the continuing action of the Holy Spirit and paying homage to the God who acts in the history of a people. The focus of tradition is clarified by a vision of the future in Christ.
Humanness
God affirms the essential goodness of the human condition in becoming human in Jesus. A Catholic attitude towards the human condition is decidedly positive and compassionate. Catholics embrace their humanness as a gift, celebrate the essential goodness of being human, take delight in the enjoyment of human living, tolerate human imperfections, and are merciful in the face of human sinfulness.
Sacramentality
All of creation is the ordinary medium of God’s outreach to the human family. God communicates to humans…through everything and anything of our world. Everything created is good because it is of God. A Catholic attitude to the world affirms the world as so good as to be sacramental. That is, it is made holy and is sacred.
Rationality
Throughout Catholic history reason has played an important role in the search for truth. The critical and speculative powers of reason allow for an active and open stance in relation to the truth. Catholics seek truth rationally and critically as well as though appreciation and respect. Rationality encourages faith to seek understanding.
Spirituality
Catholic spirituality is rooted in the life of the Trinity and is lived “according to the Spirit”. Spirituality has to do with the way Catholics live their beliefs. Spirituality consists in letting God be present in each moment of the day, becoming attuned to God’s presence in the ups and downs of life. Prayer and a commitment to the moral and ethical values of the gospel provide the opening to God’s presence.
Justice
Catholic social teaching establishes justice as a core commitment of faith and a sign of the Reign of God. Church statements capture the scriptural bases for justice, insisting that Catholics have a preferential option for the poor and marginalized. The dignity of the human person, the primacy of the common good, and the primacy of workers are the cornerstones of Catholic social justice.
Hospitality
Being Catholic entails an abiding love for all people with commitment to their welfare, to rights and justice. The Catholic community is inclusive of diverse peoples and perspectives; is free of discrimination and sectarianism; and welcomes all peoples especially those most in need.
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