Dear St. Mary Families,
At the center of Catholic education stands not simply a curriculum or a method, but a Person: Jesus Christ, the Teacher.
Christ teaches us how to see reality—to recognize truth, receive goodness, and behold beauty. This is why faith at St. Mary is not confined to religion class. Every subject offers another opportunity to encounter a world filled with meaning.
In the days ahead, our students will study history and architecture, encounter art and literature, defend the dignity of human life, receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and begin collecting for those in need through Mission Warmth.
These may seem like very different experiences, yet each invites the same deeper questions:
What is true? What is good? What is beautiful? And how am I called to respond?
Our hope is that students gradually learn to ask these questions for themselves.
Catholic education ultimately teaches children not merely to know more, but to see more clearly and love more rightly—following Christ, who reveals both the truth about God and the truth about what it means to be fully human.
Seek Truth. Choose Goodness. Reflect Beauty.
In Christ,
Eric Pfeifer
Principal