Dear St. Mary Families,
One of the great gifts of childhood is the capacity to wonder.
A child looks at the stars, studies a leaf, encounters a beautiful story, solves a difficult problem, or asks a question we did not expect—and suddenly the world becomes larger.
Catholic education seeks to protect and cultivate that wonder.
This week, our sixth graders begin their Faith & Science Retreat, a fitting reminder that faith and reason are not competing ways of understanding reality. Both begin with the conviction that the world is intelligible, meaningful, and worthy of our attention because it has been created by God.
We want our students to do more than memorize facts. We want them to look carefully, ask good questions, make connections, and discover the order and beauty present in creation.
Wonder is often the beginning of that journey.
When children learn to behold the world with attention, their questions can lead from “How does this work?” to “Why is it this way?” and eventually toward the One who is the source of all truth.
Our task as educators is not to extinguish those questions, but to help children pursue them well.
Seek Truth. Choose Goodness. Reflect Beauty.
In Christ,
Eric Pfeifer
Principal