Catholic Schools:
- offer a vision based upon the central teachings and values of the Catholic Church
- aim to help all students to develop their fullest potential, preparing them for life, informing their minds and forming their characters so that they can contribute with others to the transformation of their world – building God’s kingdom
- are communities which are open, welcoming and inclusive, seeking to prepare pupils to find happiness and to lead lives of goodness, built upon Christian values, personal integrity and moral courage
- promote genuine human growth, not only for Catholic pupils but for those of other faith traditions and those with stances for living which may be independent of religious belief
- are challenged to provide their students with structured opportunities of encounter with Jesus, opportunities to learn about His life, to understand His teaching, to develop the virtues and values which He promotes and to follow His witness in service to others.
The religious programme we follow in St Blane’s is “This is Our Faith”:
While stressing the importance of being inclusive of all learners, it emphasises the centrality of Jesus Christ in the Catholic school and invites schools to provide for children and young people “structured opportunities of encounter with Jesus”. It stresses the importance of Catholic religious education discovering the correct relationship between the definitive fullness of God’s revelation in Jesus Christ, handed on by the Apostles and by the teaching of the Church, and the importance of the human experience. It provides guidance on the place of learning about other Christian denominations and other world religions in the religious education offered by Catholic schools.
