Our Special Character

  • Pastoral care which value each person as an individual creation of God, with great worth.
  • An accredited Religious Education programme, which is compulsory at all levels of the school.
  • Prayer at the beginning and end of each day.
  • Class Masses and other liturgies.
  • Retreats – a day of reflection for each year level.
  • Outreach groups such as St Vinnies and Caritas.
  • Service opportunities.
  • Whole school celebration of Eucharist for special days such as Dedication, Mercy and Thanksgiving.
  • An annual sacraments of initiation programme.

Our Mercy Values

  • Whakarangatira – Respect
  • Aroha – Compassion
  • Tika – Justice
  • Panekiretanga – Excellence
  • Awhina – Service

We choose to live these values by

  • Respecting the dignity of persons not for what they have or what they can offer us in return, but simply because they are made in the image of God
  • Helping to remove barriers that keep people from achieving their full participation in society.
  • Collaborating with others as equals.
  • Demonstrating fairness and modeling justice in all our practices.
  • Celebrating and developing the gifts and talents of each person.
  • Respecting and nourishing our environment.
  • Creating a spirit of hospitality by acknowledging and supporting other.

School Prayer

Te Atua o te ATAWHAI

In you we hope and trust.

As we walk in the footsteps of Catherine McAuley may we have PANEKIRETANGA in all things that we may glorify You.

Help us to act with TIKA in everything we do.

Grant us AROHA to reach out in mercy to our sisters and brothers in need.

Give us a heart of mercy to give ĀWHINA to other people, especially those who are poor or vulnerable.

Help us to show WHAKARANGATIRA for the whole human family and our mother Earth.

Our journey will continue and our path will bring us to many places where we can show Your love.

May the Mercy Values, founded in the Gospels, ever be with us until we find our rest in You.

Amen