At St Patrick’s CBC, we know that religion is a key pillar of learning.
As parents, we all want our children to grow up in a wholesome environment that promotes and instills strong moral values, encourages personal responsibility, and develops confident characters with a true compassion for the needs of others. St Patrick’s CBC is the answer.
Ethos describes the atmosphere or environment in which an activity takes place. A Catholic school is called to generate and maintain an ethos based on living out the values of Jesus, which leads the community and the individual members to grow. It is this ethos which gives a Catholic school its distinctive religious character.
A Catholic school is a school community, recognised by the local Bishop, which through its general programme of education, and especially its Religious Education classes and religious practices, exercises the right to live and learn the values displayed by Jesus Christ, as upheld by the Catholic Church. Such a school provides this values-based education for the Catholic community, as well as for those from the wider community who seek an education in harmony with the aims of the school.
Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. After a tragic accident which killed his wife and left his daughter disabled, he devoted his life to education, serving the poor and promoting national well-being. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: The Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.