The close connection between the Catholic Church and Catholic schools is evident in the many layers of the Catholic school’s purpose. A Catholic school is preferably ‘an expression of Church’ (White, XXXX, p9) and Christ centred as ‘Christ is the foundation of the whole educational enterprise in a Catholic school’ (Congregation for Catholic Education, 1977, para. 34). With this in mind, Catholic schools purposefully live the Gospel in word and deed to ensure the centrality of Christ. The Catholic school’s task is a ‘synthesis of culture and faith, and a synthesis of faith and life’ (Congregation for Catholic Education, 1977, para. 37). This in turn asks for the people who work at the school, including teachers, to be an ‘imitation of Christ’
