PROFILE
OF A NCHS GRADUATE
EDUCATED
FOR FORMATION IN FAITH
Spiritual
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Seeks personal relationship with Christ
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Is prayerful and reverent
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Recognizes one's transcendent dignity
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Maintains hope
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Recognizes need for repentance
Moral
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Loves the good, knows the good, and strives to do the good
- Embraces
gospel values and church teaching, and relates them to his/her life
Intellectual
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Has the ability to discern the truth
- Searches
for meaning in life and in a way of life
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Has knowledge of scripture and church teaching
PROVIDED
AN INTEGRAL QUALITY EDUCATION
Moral
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Has responsibility
- Is honest
- Has respect for his/her body and the bodies of others
- Possesses discipline
- Has the desire to develop character
- Develops habits in moral action: prudence, temperance justice, fortitude
Psychological/Social
- Is self-confident
- Is respectful
- Has the ability to make a good first impression
- Displays traits of a gentleman/lady; is courteous and generous
- Has overcome fear of failure
- Exhibits school pride
- Possesses a sense of humor
- Is a good role model
- Has good manners
- Has understanding of self-worth
- Is able to develop healthy friendships with both sexes
Intellectual
- Possesses
"right reason"
- Possesses a liberal education
- Has an awareness of the roles of virtues
- Is
able to think critically
- Has self-knowledge and the ability to look within
- Takes pride in work well done
EDUCATED
IN FAMILY SPIRIT
- Cultivates interpersonal relationships characterized by openness, respect,
integrity, loyalty, and dialogue
- Influences others by exhibiting the Marian traits of openness, hospitality,
graciousness, and faith Is able to forgive and ask for forgiveness
- Recognizes a responsibility to the local church
- Exercises authority in a spirit of Christian love
EDUCATED
FOR SERVICE, JUSTICE, AND PEACE
- Has learned to be just by giving another his/her due
- Recognizes institutional injustice and his/her obligation to participate
in promoting just structures
- Has obligation to fulfill the social teachings of the church
- Exhibits virtues of compassion, simplicity, generosity, patriotism, and
evangelical poverty
- Is committed to the common good
- Practices good stewardship, especially toward the poor and needy, and the
environment
- Looks to Jesus Christ as a model for service and concern for justice
- Understands his/her role in promoting peace at all levels
EDUCATED
FOR ADAPTATION AND CHANGE
For the Christian believer, adaptation and change means furthering the kingdom
of God.
- Understands the promise of Christ present in one's life and in the world
Has begun to discern his/her vocation in life
- Is a positive participant in adaptation and change, not merely a spectator
Is politically active as a way of ordering a just society
- Is becoming aware of and understands his/her bias and how it affects adaptation
and change
- Is developing a necessary technological competence for dealing with the
rapidity of change Is becoming an autodidact
From a faith perspective, the student is learning skills for being critically
conscious, creative, and is developing decision-making skills.
