Catholic Education
The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board believes:
That, "from a Catholic perspective, the purpose of education is not only the transmission of knowledge, but also the formation of the whole person of the students through bringing them to the personal integration of faith and life. Catholic schools are responsible for imparting Christian doctrine in an organic and systematic way, in order to initiate students into the fullness of Christian life and to elicit in response a personal commitment to that way of life";
That "Catholic parents send their children to Catholic schools expecting them to experience education permeated with religious values, including religious instruction, to see Catholic values held, modelled, expressed and taught by teachers, to participate in the sacramental life of the Church carried out in the school, to receive career counselling and academic planning in the framework of vocation, and to enjoy an atmosphere in which values taught at home are supported";
To view the Religious Education: JK-12 policy, please click here.
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