Coming from the Greek, kath’holos, according to the whole, our first pillar at the Schools of Saint Mary is our Catholic faith.

God has revealed to us the truth that sets us free through His Son, Jesus, and through His Holy Spirit.  This embrace of the truth leads us to know that God is love.  Thus, our Catholic Faith illuminates ourunderstanding of the world, ourselves and one another even as it discloses to God.  Without God, there is no human race.  With God, the human race can achieve its noble destiny as spiritual beings capable of fulfilling our vocation as creatures made in the image and likeness of God.

Since its source is the Living God, the Catholic Faith must model, teach and exercise the divine
life in a human way. This audacious commission shapes the ethos of our school through:

• A commitment to excellence in the pursuit of truth in all academic endeavors
• Elementary School Chaplain
• Witness and ministry of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
• Reverent and worthy monthly celebrations of Mass
• Opportunities for Confession.
• Visits to the Blessed Sacrament for Eucharistic Adoration and personal prayer.
• Opportunity to receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation 
• A liturgical year of celebrations curated specifically for our student body for each year
• Days of recollection  
• 8th grade retreats
• Faculty spiritual and virtues formation