Who is my child becoming?

Dear St. Agnes Families,

Blessings!

As we begin this new academic year, I invite you to reflect on a simple but important question: Why do we send our children to a Catholic school?

There are many good answers. We want excellent academics, a safe environment, caring teachers, strong values, discipline, and a community that supports our children. All of these matter, but Catholic education must offer something more.

At St. Agnes Academy, we are not simply preparing students for the next grade, high school, college, or a successful career. We are preparing them for life.

We want them to become young men and women who think clearly, love generously, serve joyfully, distinguish right from wrong, and recognize that their lives have meaning and purpose because they are created and loved by God.

That is why faith at St. Agnes cannot be just another subject on the schedule. Our motto, JOY, expresses this beautifully: Jesus first, Others second, Yourself last.

Whether our students are learning mathematics, science, literature, history, art, or religion, we want them to discover truth, goodness, beauty, the dignity of every human person, and the gifts God has placed within them. Academic excellence matters, but education is also about who a child is becoming.

This is where our partnership with you is essential. You entrust us with your children, and that is both a tremendous responsibility and a sacred privilege.

There is also one part of their formation that no classroom can replace: the Sunday Eucharist. For us as Catholics, Sunday is the Lord’s Day, and attending Mass is at the heart of our Christian life. It is where families listen to God’s Word, receive Jesus in the Eucharist, give thanks, and begin a new week with Him.

I encourage every St. Agnes family to make Sunday Mass part of the weekly plan. Just as we schedule school, sports, birthdays, and other commitments, let us first make room for the Lord. Our children learn what truly matters not only from what we tell them, but from what they see us make a priority.

As this school year begins, let us ask not only, “What will my child learn this year?” but also, “Who is my child becoming?”

That is the heart of Catholic education and the mission we share together at St. Agnes Academy.

Blessings,

Fr. jc

Together, We are St. Agnes!

Forming minds, hearts, and souls for Christ.