Curriculum
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An Ordinariate Education
Catholic education for the Ordinariate aims to recapture a sacramental world-view, equipping and empowering young people to see beyond the ephemeral to deeper truth of God in Christ. It is education and formation in the beauty of truth, in the rhythm of prayer, in the cultivation of virtue, and in the vibrancy of a creative imagination.
The particular contribution of the Ordinariate in this is to ensure that this type of Christian formation as it developed in the English context never becomes a museum piece, but rather is lived by well-formed, intentional Catholics, and so contributes to the conversation of faith for generations to come. Drawing on the strength of our patrimony, education in the Ordinariate is structured around Sacred Worship, Sacred Wisdom, Sacred Music, Sacred Art.
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Sacred Worship
Primacy is given to the daily celebration of Mass as an essential and foundational feature of the school day for the entire community. Since the first education of the soul is conducted by the Word of God and sacramental grace, intentional liturgical formation is the heart of the school life. Thus students will know daily their vital place as members of the universal Church through prayer and worship.
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Sacred Wisdom
The entire academic program of core classes – language, mathematics, science, Catholic culture – humanities, theology, and philosophy – is based on the sacred gift of wisdom, which considers all things in a unified relation to reality and to the Creator. Thus the academic approach is rooted in the liberal arts and classical tradition while also including physical development and athletics.
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Sacred Music
Sacred Music is an integral part of the Christian life and singing is a central expression of faith and culture. As a privileged means of ordering the mind and emotions, Sacred Music is critical to forming each student in the language of the Church through developing the student’s vocal expression, listening, and understanding of the heart.
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Sacred Art
As a participation in the creative work of God, Sacred Art immerses students in the true, good, and beautiful. By means of this distinctive facet of human formation, and drawing upon the tradition of Sacred Art, the Divine Artist calls students to share His vision for creation and the human person as imago Dei, thus forming students to be co-creators of beauty.
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YEAR 1
Liturgy
Theology I: Lex Orandi
Catholic Culture I
Mathematics: Algebra I or Geometry
Latin I or II
Physics
Trivium Studies: Grammar, Logic
Drama: Shakespeare/Greek
Sacred Music I: Fundamentals
Sacred Art I & Studio Art
Physical Education: Human Person
Athletics
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YEAR 2
Liturgy
Theology II: Lex Credendi
Catholic Culture II
Mathematics: Geometry or
Algebra II
Latin II or III
Chemistry
Trivium Studies: Rhetoric, Speech
Drama: Shakespeare
Sacred Music II: Mixed Choir (Chamber Choir)
Sacred Art II & Studio Art
Physical Education
Athletics
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YEAR 3
Liturgy
Theology III: Lex Vivendi
Catholic Culture III
Junior Seminar Thesis
Mathematics: Algebra II or
Pre-Calculus & Trigonometry
Latin III or IV, Greek I, or Modern Language Elective
Advanced Biology
Drama: Shakespeare
Sacred Music III: Mixed Choir (Chamber Choir)
Sacred Art III & Studio Art
Physical Education: Health & Wellness
Athletics
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YEAR 4
Liturgy
Theology IV: Lex Aedificandi
Catholic Culture IV
Senior Seminar Project
Rome Trip
Mathematics: Pre-Calculus & Trigonometry or Calculus
Latin IV, Greek II, or Modern Language Elective
Astronomy
Drama: Shakespeare or Elective
Sacred Music IV: Mixed Choir (Chamber Choir)
Sacred Art IV Studio Art Senior Project
Physical Education: Elective
Athletics
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Cathedral Formation & Education
- Students are formed by the daily living of the liturgy of the Catholic Church to know, encounter, and love Christ in a deep and personal manner.
- Students are formed in an authentically Catholic environment, by a team of dedicated, professional educators and staff to become current leaders, and future saints.
- Students are formed in the classical liberal arts tradition to be life-long learners, hungry for wisdom and dedicated to the truth of things.
- Students are formed to communicate effectively and logically through the spoken and written word.
- Students are formed to think critically and analyze the world around them and see how all things relate to their final cause in God.
- Students are formed in the Sacred Music & Art traditions of the Catholic Church as an integral part of Christian life and discipleship, as a point of integration across the curriculum.
- Students are formed in the Sacred Music & Art traditions of the faith to encounter God in His self-revelation through beauty. They come to recognize that the Gospel is not just “read” and “heard” but seen, experienced, touched, and known in their own lives as an encounter with beauty. For this to be made fruitful, it must be shared with others.
- Students are formed to open their hearts to the needs of others, first in charity to those closest to them – their parents and families, classmates and teachers – and then in serving the needy of Houston and beyond.
- Students are formed in the practices of gratitude, obedience, creativity, and discipline in order to live a fulfilling and joyful Catholic life through their God-given vocation.
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