RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Gospel values permeate all levels of school life. The school gives witness to a strong presence of Church in the community. An environment characterised by caring and a respect for all is actively encouraged. 

Parents are the first to educate their children in the Faith.

Parents begin this task in the earliest years of life when they provide a home where there is love, acceptance and encouragement.  These are the stepping stones to a healthy relationship with God.

Here are some of the basic ways in which parents can share their faith with their children;

• establishing a routine where there is time just to be together in a relaxed atmosphere.  This is when you can share simple prayers and talk about things that are important.

• presenting God as loving and forgiving, never as an observer of faults or as the punisher of wrong doing.

• remembering the importance of a good example.  The image that children develop of God often stems from how they see their own parents.

• encouraging the children to make simple choices.  They need practice if they are to grow up and make correct moral decisions.

• not wanting to stir up a lot of guilt, help the children to realise how other people feel as a result of their decisions.

• be aware that the Sacrament of Reconciliation becomes real for the children when they are experiencing forgiveness in their home.  The Eucharist takes on a special meaning when they already relax, pray and share together at a family meal