Our
Catholic Faith

Work, and by extension the world of work which is business, is central to our humanity and integral to who we are as Catholics. We believe that God created us to exercise a specific dominion over the resources of the Earth. As such, human persons are both apart from and a part of the production process as we naturally and purposefully participate in God's unfolding plan. This is a radical concept for cultures rooted in a philosophy of individualism and secular materialism. Land, labour, and capital, the traditionally managed economic factors of production, cannot be treated as simple variables in an equation meant to maximize production.

We are directed as Catholics to consider labour (physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual) as a qualitatively different factor. Human beings work to not only produce goods and services but also to express and share their unique gifts in community. Catholic students need to learn to integrate their understanding of the intrinsic value and dignity of human life, created as we all are in the image and likeness of God, with the sound knowledge and skills required to productively manage the resources of business in an ethical and moral way. If we want our students to proclaim the Gospel in any real sense, they must be able to do so in the world as well as in their families and in the Church. Students do not merely participate in the world of business but use it to transform our lives.