Our Catholic schools exist to help young people attain holiness in their lives, that is, to become saints.

We believe that marriage, by its very definition, can exist only between a man and a woman. Moreover, study after study - not to mention common sense - show that children fare better in life when raised in a home with a loving father and mother in a stable, committed relationship.

The ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.

We Americans can be rightly proud of the fact that the right to the free and unfettered exercise of religion is a primary principle in the vision and founding of our country. It defines us as a people, and has uniquely contributed to making this nation great.

Our Catholic schools exist to help young people attain holiness in their lives, that is, to become saints.

Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.

The reality of marriage as the union of a mother and a father is grounded in our very biology.