As a Catholic College in the Edmund Rice tradition, we aspire to be faithful to these four touchstones:
Expression
A Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition:
- Encourages all members of the school community to work to the best of their ability, to realise their potential and to strive for equity and excellence.
- Serves the needs of each person, providing teaching and learning experiences that are authentic, relevant, dynamic and creative.
- Provides a learning culture that enables students to experience success within a safe and healthy environment.
- Provides a holistic education integrating faith with culture and learning while giving an appreciation of the need to strive for the greater good of all society.
- Challenges all to prophetic leadership within the school community and beyond.
- Gives priority in the allocation of resources to provide services for students with particular needs.
- Enables students to experience and value a critical awareness of justice and peace issues through the curriculum, service and solidarity learning, environmental practices and the culture of the school.
- Promotes ongoing renewal by providing opportunities for reflective practice, formation and professional development.
Expression
A Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition:
- Lives and grows as a faith-sharing community by fostering a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
- Celebrates as a Eucharistic community the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- Nurtures and encourages the spiritual growth of each person through reflection, prayer, symbols, sacred stories, rituals and sacraments.
- Models the Gospel values of forgiveness and reconciliation by the manner in which conflict is resolved.
- Provides religious education in line with Diocesan guidelines and faith formation experiences as fundamental components of a Catholic School curriculum.
- Continues the legacy of the Christian Brothers by calling its community to discipleship and playing an integral part in the evangelising mission of the Catholic Church.
- Provides formation opportunities for its members in the mystery of God in all creation, the spirit of Jesus, the charism of Blessed Edmund Rice, the inspiration of the Christian Brothers, their own sacred story and their call to mission.
- Recognises and acts upon the central place of the Gospel commitment to the marginalised, through a preferential option for the poor.
- Is engaged in inter-faith dialogue and respects the spirituality authentically lived by those who come from other religious traditions.
Expression
A Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition:
- Provides pastoral care that nurtures the dignity of each person as a child formed in the image of God.
- Demonstrates a preferential option for the poor by standing in solidarity with those who are powerless and marginalised, and strives to provide access to those who otherwise would not seek enrolment.
- Is sensitive to the economic situation of each of its families, designing school programs to empower all to participate with dignity and confidence.
- Promotes social inclusion and views diversity as beneficial to a liberating education.
- Works in collaboration and partnership with the local Church.
- Acknowledges the service and contribution of the Christian Brothers and welcomes them into the life of the school.
- Acknowledges the primary role of parents and guardians in the growth and development of the child and provides opportunities for their participation in the life of the school.
- Recognises the traditional ownership and cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples of Australia, and welcomes them into its community.
- Looks beyond itself to contribute, according to its means, to the overall growth and development of Catholic schools in the Edmund Rice tradition and to Edmund Rice ministries in Australia and overseas.
Expression
A Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition:
- Develops a curriculum that integrates the themes of justice and peace, underpinned by Catholic Social Teaching.
- Adopts prophetic stances in the light of Gospel values and is involved in advocacy for just causes.
- Promotes participation in service and solidarity learning programs in partnership with those on the margins.
- Seeks to provide opportunities for involvement in immersion programs in which students and staff form relationships, work with and learn from those on the margins.
- Is committed to working with and walking alongside the Indigenous peoples of Australia, advocating justice and promoting reconciliation.
- Demonstrates a deep respect for and partnership with the environment, promotes eco-justice and works towards a sustainable and regenerative future for all creation.
- Recognises that its members are part of a global community and actively supports the development of all humanity.
- Nurtures a culture of critical reflection and prayerful discernment in justice and peace issues.
