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Visit by Archbishop Mons Paul Cremona
Friday, 25th January 2008
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Mission Statement
Inspired by Gospel values and the teachings of Saint Emilie, our schools aim at creating a team of dedicated professionals to give our girls a holoistic education, developing their individual, intellectual, spiritual, emotional, creative and physical potential to the full, in the knowledge that such gifts come from a loving God who asks us to use them for our good and that of others.
'Believe and Achieve'
Aims
- To inculcate in the girls the right Christian values.
- To inspire our girls to be sensitive to the needs of others and to do all the good they can.
- To foster an environment which will encourage every girl to reach her full potential and self-esteem
- To develop an appreciation of the beauty in the world around us.
- To instil a love and desire for learning.
- To encourage the highest possible achievement and to recognize and celebrate success in all areas.
- To expose the girls to the appropriate use of modern technology.
- To encourage the girls to realize the importance of fitness and good health and to develop an awareness of sporting ideals.
- To establish a working partnership between school, parents and community and to encourage parents to play a supportive role in the life of the school.
St Emilie de Vialar
Saint Emilie De Vialar founded the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition in Gaillac in France. On Christmas night in 1832 she set out with a few friends and the new Congregation was born.
Emilie was very sensitive to the problems of the poor of her time. She also had a very modern outlook, great personal courage and great faith in God.
In her life Saint Emilie had many setbacks and many problems to overcome but her faith in God and belief in her mission gave her courage to persist in her aims.
She says: “…if God did not breathe into me the spirit of zeal,
my heart would cease to be quickened
and then I would not be able to do anything”.
She believed that a school was an apostolic means of offering help to the neighbour, and for her, education meant the education of the whole person. Each child was unique and the whole aim of Christian education was to help each child discover the personal love which God has for her. For St Emilie, a great respect and concern for each child marked the ideal relationship within the school.
Her ideas and her instructions to her Sisters were very modern in attitude. Education was not merely academic but more importantly it should teach the students how to relate to the people around them.
