The Catholic Education Playbook and Mission Outcomes document is the framework for understanding how the school can animate the Church’s mission ever more deeply for this age the Lord has placed us in. Specifically, the Playbook and Mission Outcomes give details on what Archbishop Sample means by “Mission Passionate Catholic Education” in the Archdiocese of Portland.

As I further reflect upon our role within Catholic Education, I get to experience and see our strongest witnesses--our teachers--who model our deep devotion to Jesus Christ. As a result of their continual transformation of faith, their witness to Christ becomes stronger.

Combined with the story of humanity, the numbers that represent quantitative data about our world tell a complex and compelling saga; one that invites us to lean in, learn more, and ask great questions. Math can be great fun when told as a story!

Prayer is a language; it is the language we use to speak to God and to converse with others about and to God, whether in a grand cathedral or a simple living room. Prayer, however, is no ordinary language or conversation: it is elevated speech. Prayer is a place where our humble words, uttered from the world, break out and enter the eternal realm.