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Mission Statement

​It is the mission of St. Joseph’s Catholic High School to create a Catholic school community to include students, parents, staff and church whereby there is encouragement to aspire to excellence in an atmosphere of trust and challenge and one in which students can develop academically, spiritually, socially, physically, and acquire skills, knowledge and a desire for life-long learning.

Our Parish

502 Talbot St, St Thomas, ON, N5P 1C2
519-631-3052
 

Religious Dimension

​St. Joseph’s Catholic High School has a Catholic learning environment, based on Gospel values, which promotes the spiritual, intellectual, cultural, emotional, and physical growth of each student, in partnership with the parents, the Church, and the global community.  
 
By way of registration, each student at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School seals a covenant, thereby promising to participate reverently in all aspects of the school's religious dimension - daily prayer, community masses, homeroom mass, paraliturgies, religion classes and retreats.
 
Indeed, to celebrate the Eucharist as a community of faith must be embraced by each member of our Catholic school community as a treasured opportunity. Attendance for all is mandatory. All students are encouraged to participate to the fullest in all our liturgical celebrations by assisting with organization, song, prayer, or simply respectful reverence. All students must take a course in Religious Education while in attendance at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School. 
 

Graduate Outcomes For A Catholic Secondary School

  1. ​A discerning believer formed in the Catholic Faith community who celebrates the signs and sacred mystery of God’s presence through word, sacrament, prayer, forgiveness, and moral living.
  2. A self-directed, responsible, lifelong learner who develops and demonstrates his or her God-given potential.
  3. An effective​ communicator who speaks and listens honestly and sensitively, responding critically in light of gospel values.
  4. A reflective,​ creative and holistic thinker who solves problems and makes responsible decisions with an informed moral conscience for the common good. 
  5. A collaborative contributor​ who finds meaning, dignity, and vocation in work which respects the rights of all and contributes to the common good.
  6. A caring family member who attends to family, school, parish, and the wider community.
  7. A responsible citizen who gives witness to Catholic social teaching by promoting peace, justice, and the sacredness of human life.

Opening Exercises And Announcements​

​Opening exercises consist of the playing of the National Anthem and daily prayer. All students are to be in their classrooms for morning exercises, as this is part of the Period One class. Video announcements are broadcast daily outlining important activities at the school and students are to give them their full attention.