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"Rooted in faith and knowledge,
we dedicate our lives to Christ."
Through our Patron, St. Anthony of Padua, our school community is linked to Franciscan Tradition and Spirituality.
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Elementary School will work to provide a caring community of learning that will promote the formation of the whole person and develop our students as life-long learners.
Franciscan spirituality calls us to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in the tradition of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi who embraced creation, nature and the world as a revelation of God. They, together with St. Anthony, lived the message of the Gospel through peacemaking and respect for all things created. Embedded in the spiritual vision of Francis and Clare,
St. Anthony of Padua School will strive to foster Gospel values through:
• a community of faith,
• reverence for the dignity of life,
• joy of service to others,
• an atmosphere of respect and sensitivity to all people,
• respect for and kinship with all creation,
• commitment to active non-violence,
• devotion to the service of those in need,
• shared search for truth, knowledge, peace, compassion and simplicity.
We are committed to encouraging the full development of each individual's God given talents, so that the potential of each can be realized, and by sharing these gifts, the lives of others may be enriched |