When a person sits long enough to ponder what an ideal education might be, there is no question that a diversity of thoughts, experiences, people and our cultures makes the BEST education of all. The worst is a mono-cultural, confined, uni-lingual and talking head approach to sharing information and values.
St. Anthony regards our radical diversity as a prime mover in the successes we have been able to gain. In addition to significant gender, faith, racial, economic and learning style diversity, we have a complementary foundation built on 70 plus years of lasting Roman Catholic Christianity. The very word catholic means “universal” and we are committed to a universal appeal to all truth and every value. The fact is, the Catholic Church and its schools find the truth everywhere and in many differing peoples. We celebrate that.
We rejoice in the genius of African American spirituality, cultural richness, and the strong population at St. Anthony’s, and welcome all people to be enlightened by it. Between a great church and a great people, there is room for all to be educated in a proudly diverse, faith filled, radically successful school such as St. Anthony’s.
By: Pastor Father Patrick Tuttle, OFM