Mission Statement & Ethos

Christ King Girls’ Secondary School: Mission Statement

Christ King Girls Secondary School is a Voluntary Catholic Secondary School for girls only, operating under the Trusteeship of CEIST which supports the Religious and Educational Philosophy of the Foundress of the Presentation Order, Nano Nagle.

Everything we do at Christ King is encompassed the goals of our Mission Statement:

  • To respect the uniqueness of the individual.

  • We are committed to providing an environment within which the development of intellectual and spiritual values is of prime importance.

  • We hope this mission will be fulfilled in co-operation and partnership with pupils, parents and the wider community.

Our Shared Vision

We aim to foster a love of learning through collaboration, curiosity, and creativity based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.

We empower our students to grow intellectually and spiritually and develop a social consciousness based on the Gospel values of Love and Respect for their fellow mankind.

 
 

Key Elements of CEIST

  • Promoting Spiritual and Human Development

    We believe a knowledge of and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ give meaning and purpose to our lives.

  • Achieving Quality in Teaching and Learning

    We are committed to excellence and to continually improving the quality of teaching and learning.

  • Showing Respect for Every Person

    We respect the unique and intrinsic value of every person.

  • Creating Community

    Our Schools are faith communities of welcome and hospitality where Gospel values are lived and where there is special care for those most in need.

  • Being Just and Responsible

    We seek to act justly and responsibly in all our relationships.

History of the Presentation Congregation

Nano Nagle founded the Institute of the Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, 1775, in Cork, Ireland. This foundation was the fruit of more than twenty years of loving service to the poor of that city where she had founded her first school as a lay woman, in 1754.

The purpose of the foundation was to ensure the continuation and extension of the work of Nano and her companions for the education of the poor, the evangelisation of her people, and the relief of those exploited by the Penal Laws.

Nano Nagle was born into a wealthy Catholic family and so had the advantage of a Catholic education in her own home and in France. She was assured also of a comfortable future. But Nano heard the call of God in the cry of the poor, condemned as they were to ignorance, superstition and loss of faith.

Conscious of her own weakness, she resisted the call, but, after much suffering and heart-searching, Nano did respond. From that moment her response was lived out in her wholehearted dedication to the cause of Catholic education and to the relief of misery and social ills wherever she discovered them. At great personal and family risk, Nano began her mission among the poor in the “little school” in Cove Lane, Cork in 1754. Within a short period she had schools in several parts of the city. While her immediate mission was confined to her native city, Nano’s understanding of mission was universal. She recognised the potential of the poor and of youth to minister to one another.

From small beginnings in Cork city, the Congregation spread to many towns in Ireland and thence to several parts of the world.