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Introduction
What do you call schools whose teachers are disciples of Jesus Christ and help parents
and children fall in love and stay in love with Jesus Christ and his Church?
What do you call schools where students overachieve academically in the
short term but will live virtuously in the long term?
What do you call schools that believe all students are gifts from God and should have access to
the formation necessary to navigate through a relativistic and unpredictable world?
Very simply, you call those schools Catholic.
Any entity or mission that can accurately describe itself as Catholic must accept their responsibility as stewards
of something that Christ himself founded. e Archdiocese of Denver takes the stewardship of the title "Catholic
Schools," and the families we serve, as a sacred honor that currently requires some rening action.
These are the focus areas crucial to our vision:
In the coming years this vision will be
supported by prayer, a robust strategy, diligent
collaboration, and with our students' futures in
mind. Please join us in this exciting mission.
Goals
Overall objective
for the area
Core Concepts
Key ideas that
inform the area
Pillars
Important spheres
of conceptual
development that
support the
stated goals
Methods
Concrete, actionable
initiatives that will
establish the pillars
Each focus area includes these four components:
Catholic schools
must be
On mission
to form intentional
disciples of Jesus Christ
Catholic schools
must be
Excellent in
every way
Catholic schools
need to be
Accessible
to all
Catholic schools
must be
Sustainable
for the future
