Virtue is a way of life, not one more thing to teach.
A framework that helps parents, educators, staff and young people live a more virtuous life, rooted in the truth about the human person, fully revealed in Jesus Christ, the perfectly virtuous man. To live a virtuous life means to be like Jesus and to live as His disciple.
A common language of virtue across school, home, and parish.
Disciple of Christ, Education in Virtue® provides easy-to-use tools and resources to guide learners of all ages to grow in joy, faith, and identity in Christ.
From the first centuries of the Christian era, holy men and women have taught about the Christian virtues as a way to practice holiness of life. The Disciple of Christ approach is wholistic and communal — integrating two powerful streams of formation: virtue education rooted in the perennial wisdom of our Catholic faith, and the recent insights of neurobiology that illuminate how children actually grow, attach and flourish.
When virtue education shapes the moral and spiritual imagination of a child — and when neurobiology-informed practice ensures that a child feels safe, seen and securely attached — something beautiful happens: grace builds on nature, and nature opens fully to grace. We call this the river of grace: the sacred place of integration and wholeness toward which all our work as Catholic educators points.
This foundation enables every child to become the unique person God created him or her to be — in His image and likeness. Our goal is nothing less than forming disciples of Christ and future saints.
When people change,
culture changes.
Happiness is the fundamental drive of every person. Education in Virtue® helps individuals discover the true path to happiness: a virtuous life. Through a shared language of virtue, students, educators, parents and communities can be transformed in the light of Christ.
Goodness Radiates
Formation for the adults first, so that language of virtue is lived before it is taught.
Adult formation and age-appropriate curriculum provides learning for Kindergarten through high school — and beyond.
Human virtues acquired by education, by deliberate acts and by a perseverance ever-renewed in repeated efforts are purified and elevated by divine grace. With God’s help, they forge character and give facility in the practice of the good. The virtuous man is happy to practice them.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
§ 1810
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