From the Pastor’s Desk:

Normally as we begin National Catholic Schools Week my letter is at the beginning of the week of celebrations, but this

year I am placing it at the end of our week long celebration. The theme this year was Catholic Schools: United in Faith

and Community. Catholic education provides a well-rounded education for the whole person, engaging students

intellectually and spiritually.

The Catholic education provides a well-rounded education for the whole student engaging students in all aspects:

academic, spiritual, physical, the arts and social.

Academic Excellence: Catholic schools provide a quality education that prepares students well for college and careers.

Catholic school students tend to perform with higher reading and math scores, higher GPAs in college and higher

graduation rates from college.

Catholic schools provide a strong foundation of faith, helping students to develop a personal relationship with God and to

understand the importance of serving others as Christ.

Catholic schools work to instill values like teamwork, personal responsibility, and compassion. They are usually small

schools in numbers of students which help to provide a sense of community and belonging where students can grow and

thrive as a whole person. With smaller numbers of students, means more individualized attention for students.

Within our Catholic schools are found many different sports for both girls as well as boys. The arts, music, band, theater

and art are all provided with large numbers of students participating.

I want to thank all the parishioners here at St. Agnes Cathedral for their Sunday offering because each of you are

helping make our Catholic schools possible.