The Charter

The Edmund Rice Charter was launched at St Brendan's College in January 2005. It represents a new beginning for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice tradition. The Charter outlines the eleven cultural characteristics that every Catholic School in the Edmund Rice tradition must strive to live out if it is to be authentic to its mission:

• Holistic Education: integrated development occurs through quality teaching and learning.
• Spirituality: each person's story is unique and sacred.
• Faith in Action: each person is called to respond out of a personal relationship with God.
• Community: a school forms a distinctive community.
• Pastoral Care: the dignity of each person as a child of God is at the heart of pastoral care.
• Service of Others: service of others is integral to being a follower of Jesus.
• Being Just: justice is integral to the vision of the Kingdom.
• At the Margins: Edmund Rice, following Jesus, sought out the marginalized.
• Compassion: Compassion is central to the life and teaching of Jesus and to the spirituality of Edmund
• Stewardship: God's gifts are to be shared justly and used wisely, as exemplified by Edmund.
• Reflective Practice: Reflective practice leads to personal and communal growth.