The spiritual tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola shared with Jesuit secondary schools and universities around the globe provides the foundation of who we are at Bishop Canevin High School. In today's world, Bishop Canevin is committed to academic excellence and spiritual growth within a community of faith that is centered on respect, responsibility, and reverence.
The opportunity for enriching faith experiences at Bishop Canevin complements the academic learning that takes place in the classroom. From prayer before each class, to annual retreats for all classes and service-oriented mission trips and activities, to monthly Mass in the chapel, students can not only learn about spirituality and faith--they live it.
At Bishop Canevin, we emphasize the education of the whole person--heart, mind, body, and soul. Students are prepared for a life anchored in faith, a life enriched by learning, and a life enhanced by service to others.
By incorporating the Ignatian mission and philosophy in all aspects of student life at Bishop Canevin, young men and women develop as leaders who are confident in their faith and are ready to share it with the world. Through the promotion of Catholic values and a moral code by which to live, we build a strong spirit of community, collaboration, and collegiality "for the greater glory of God."
As a Jesuit-Inspired school, Bishop Canevin seeks to promote those educational methods, values and characteristics of the 63 Jesuit high schools across North America. We seek to align ourselves with the deep tradition of Ignatian Spirituality, which grew out of the unique, personal relationship that St. Ignatius of Loyola experienced with God. Central to this spirituality is the realization that God is actively at work, revealed through and encountered in the world – in all creation: people, events, nature. It is a realization that all that is, is a gift from God. That “all the things of this world are created because of God’s love and they become a context of gifts, presented to us so that we can know God more easily and make a return of love more readily” (Spiritual Exercises No. 23; Fleming, S.J.: Literal Translation)
(These characteristics are drawn from the 1986 Jesuit document, Go Forth and Teach: the Characteristics of Jesuit Education.)