The formative years of elementary and secondary education offer parents the best opportunity to prepare their children to answer the universal call of holiness. What better way to do this than through Catholic education? The Catholic schools of the Diocese of Sioux Falls have a longstanding and well-deserved reputation of educating the whole child. We recognize the gifts and dignity of each student and are poised to deliver an excellent education in a Catholic environment, forming the whole child in mind, heart and soul. Each school is a community of faith where students, teachers and families share Catholic values through worship, studies and caring relationships so each student is prepared to be a leader in our communities and a saint in eternity.
“Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.” (Prov. 22:6)
Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls
Vision of Catholic Education
To provide authentically Catholic education as an evangelizing mission of the Church to proclaim the Good News and be a place to encounter the living God, who in Jesus Christ reveals his transforming love and truth.
A Catholic education develops the whole person
Every person is created in the image and likeness of God and has been given a natural inclination toward truth, beauty and goodness. A Catholic education forms the mind with a rigorous curriculum that promotes faith and reason, preparing students for life. In addition to academics, a Catholic education helps cultivate an understanding of the dignity of the human person by forming students in virtue, reverence and the beatitudes.
Catholic education forms the hearts of students as they learn personal responsibility, build leadership skills, respond generously to the invitation to serve others and develop character and virtue so they are equipped with the habits necessary for responsible, productive and holy lives.
A Catholic education forms the soul as spiritual formation is central to the mission. Through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and participation in his Church, students know their identity as beloved children of God and find their ultimate purpose in life.
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