Faith Policy
Witness to Mission-Faith Policy
Rationale
Many parents seek enrollment at Holy Spirit school to assist them in forming their children in the Catholic Faith. At Holy Spirit School we believe that Catholic Faith Education is a lifelong process sustaining all through the joys and difficulties of life. It begins in the home, continues in the Catholic school and matures through involvement in the parish, local community and wider society.
Values
Holy Spirit School promotes the core Christian values of faith, hope and charity as expressed by:
As a school with a Sisters of Mercy tradition, there is an emphasis on understanding the Mercy of God and the need to reflect this in our relationships with others, as expressed in scripture and the life of Blessed Catherine McAuley.
Policy Statement
The School leadership, staff, parents and children embrace and promote:
Implementation
The School leadership believes that effective Faith formation of students requires the support of the whole school community in partnership with parents and the parish.
Through its religious education and faith formation program the school strives to provide children with the opportunity, now and throughout their lives to:
Witness to Mission-Faith Policy
Rationale
Many parents seek enrollment at Holy Spirit school to assist them in forming their children in the Catholic Faith. At Holy Spirit School we believe that Catholic Faith Education is a lifelong process sustaining all through the joys and difficulties of life. It begins in the home, continues in the Catholic school and matures through involvement in the parish, local community and wider society.
Values
Holy Spirit School promotes the core Christian values of faith, hope and charity as expressed by:
- a personal relationship with a loving God;
- service to neighbour;
- respect for the dignity and rights of all people;
- compassion and practical help for the sick and needy;
- stewardship of the environment ; and
- confidence and hope for the future.
As a school with a Sisters of Mercy tradition, there is an emphasis on understanding the Mercy of God and the need to reflect this in our relationships with others, as expressed in scripture and the life of Blessed Catherine McAuley.
Policy Statement
The School leadership, staff, parents and children embrace and promote:
- the family as the core of the community of Faith and parents as having the primary responsibility for nurturing faith in their children;
- the School as that part of the Community of Faith which supports Catholic parents by providing an academic and a religious education for their children;
- faith in Jesus Christ and the practice of love of God and neighbour leading to eternal life as the framework of the educational experience and environment which Holy Spirit School provides for its students and sponsors and promotes through all school-related activities.
Implementation
The School leadership believes that effective Faith formation of students requires the support of the whole school community in partnership with parents and the parish.
Through its religious education and faith formation program the school strives to provide children with the opportunity, now and throughout their lives to:
- know and love God as revealed in Jesus Christ;
- develop through faith education, prayer and celebration, a personal relationship with the
- almighty Father, his Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit within the Holy Church;
- be active participants in the life and mission of the Church
- learn about Catholic Religion
- be religious in the sense of social action and justice, religious identity and culture, prayer and worship, evangelisation and faith formation.