Virtues & Values

The Virtues are deeply rooted in the Gospels of Jesus Christ and the spirt of St Ignatius Loyola (1491 - 1556), who was the founder of the Society of Jesus and Jesuit schools and who developed a pathway to God and to human fulfilment. The virtues support our children’s spiritual, moral, vocational, social, and cultural development. There are eight pairs of virtues that sum up the Jesuit Pupil Profile. These are:

grateful & generous
attentive & discerning
compassionate & loving,
faith-filled & hopeful,
eloquent & truthful,
learned & wise,
curious and active,
intentional & prophetic.

Pupils at St Chad’s are growing to be:

Grateful for their own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day; and generous with their gifts, becoming men and women for others.

What does this mean?

We will help our pupils to grow by encouraging them to know and be grateful for all their gifts, developing them to the full so that they can be generous in the service of others.

Attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.

What does this mean?

We will help our pupils to grow by promoting the practice of attentive reflection and discerning decision making: in teaching, in the examen, prayer and retreats; and through the practice and example of school leaders and staff,

Compassionate towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and loving by their just actions and forgiving words.

What does this mean?

We will help our pupils to grow by being compassionate and loving in the way pupils are treated, especially when a pupil is in trouble; and by opening pupils’ eyes to those who suffer poverty, injustice or violence.

Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.

What does this mean?

We will help our pupils to grow by passing on the living and faith-filled tradition of Jesus Christ; by having persevering faith in the pupils, and by encouraging them in turn, to have faith and hope in others.

Eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.

What does this mean?

We will help our pupils to grow by developing an eloquent language which they can use to understand and articulate their emotions, beliefs, and questions, encouraged by the example of their teachers to be truthful in the way they represent themselves and speak about the world.

Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.

What does this mean?

We will help our pupils to grow by the breadth and depth of the curriculum; by excellence of teaching, and the creation of opportunities to become more learned and wise.

Curious about everything; and active in their engagement with the world, changing what they can for the better.

What does this mean?

We will help our pupils to grow by leading pupils to be curious about the universe and all human activity, and to take increasing responsibility for their own learning, and by providing opportunities for them to be active in the life of the school, the Church and the wider community.

Intentional in the way they live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience; and prophetic in the example they set to others.

What does this mean?

We will help our pupils to grow by being a school community which is intentional in its way of proceeding to build-up quality of life; and which is prophetic in the way it offers an alternative vision of education and the human person rooted in the Gospel.

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