PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION The Philosophy of Education of St. Catherine of Siena Academy lies in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The integral formation of the human person, in the light of the Truth that is Jesus Christ, is the core principle of the Academy’s pedagogy. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the dignity of the human person is rooted in her creation in the image and likeness of God. By her deliberate actions, a young woman does, or does not, conform to the good promised by God and attested by moral conscience. A young woman is responsible for making her intellectual life and spiritual life into the means of her interior growth. With the help of grace, she will grow in virtue and avoid sin, striving to attain the perfection of charity. (Catechism of the Catholic Church ¶1700). St. Catherine Academy will teach students to understand and embrace the Truth through the integral human formation of each student: by educating her intellect; by teaching her the Catholic faith and her identity as a daughter of God; by providing daily opportunities for her to grow in her love of God and others so as to form her conscience and train her will; and by teaching her to be a woman of faith, a woman of grace, a woman of charity, and a woman of hope. SCA's pedagogy of integral human formation will be based on three pillars of spiritual growth: stewardship, discipleship, and apostleship. St. Catherine of Siena Academy will teach a young woman the beauty of her identity as a creature of God, and the importance of her role as a steward of the gifts that God has entrusted to her. Once a student understands her nature as God’s creation, she will learn what it means to be a disciple of Christ, committed to growing in her knowledge of God and developing an intimate personal relationship with Him. St. Catherine of Siena Academy will then prepare young women to be apostles of Christ, living the gospel message as God’s instruments in every circumstance of their secular lives. In this way, St. Catherine’s graduates will go out into the world and transform the culture by knowing the Truth, teaching the Truth, and defending the Truth.
