One of the supreme gifts of marriage is bringing forth
new life. God entrusts children to parents who have a primary right and
duty to educate their children in the practice of their faith. Parents
carry out this responsibility by creating a home full of love, forgiveness,
respect, and fidelity. The family is the community in which, from childhood,
one honors God and learns moral values.
In the rite of the sacrament of Baptism, parents receive
the call from God to evangelize their children, as here summarized:
| You have asked to have your child baptized. In doing
so you are accepting the responsibility of training him(her) in the practice
of the faith. It will be your duty to bring him(her) up to keep God's
commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and our neighbor... You
will be the first teachers of your child in the ways of the faith. May
you be also the best of teachers, bearing witness to the faith by what
you say and do, in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
No wonder, then, that the Church understands the home
to be the domestic church. It is in the intimate environment of the family
that parents are, by word and example, the first heralds of the faith
with respect to their children. This environment is enhanced and deepened
through the parish Eucharistic community that is the heart of the spiritual
life for Christian families.
Catholic schools are in partnership with the family in
proclaiming and witnessing to the person and life of Jesus Christ. They
assist parents in fulfilling their responsibility as the primary religious
educators of their children.
Aware, then, of the dignity of this holy parental call,
and with a reverent awe for that responsibility which is mine, I commit
myself to be, in word and deed, the first and best teacher of my children
in the faith. Practically, this means I should:
- Regularly participate in the Sunday Eucharist (if not
Catholic, regularly participate in worship and prayer) with my family.
- Commit to speak more with my children about God and to
include prayer in our daily home life.
- Participate in and cooperate with School programs that
enable me as a parent to take an active role in the religious education
of my children, including sacramental preparation for Catholic children.
- Support the moral and social teachings of the Catholic
Church to ensure consistency between home and school.
- Teach my children by word and example to have a love
and concern for the needs of others.
- Meet my financial responsibilities in supporting the
Catholic School.
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STATEMENT OF
NON DISCRIMINATION
All practices of a Catholic School in the Archdiocese
of St. Louis related to employment shall be conducted without discrimination
on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, disability, age
or sex No school shall on the basis of sex recruit, advertise, select
employees, pay, promote, classify employees, grant leaves, provide fringe
benefits, select for training in special workshops, conferences, or restrict
employment to a single sex unless the position is such that it can only
be performed by a member of that sex.
Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese
of St. Louis.
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