What makes a Jesuit education?

• A commitment to a faith that does justice - an awareness of the needs of others, and readiness to place one's talents at their service
• A personal concern for the whole life of each student
• A development of a broad liberal education
• An emphasis on critical thinking and effective communication
• Striving for excellence
• A philosophy that emphasises actions rather than words.

Learning to serve - serving to learn

The Education Ministry includes Jesuit owned and operated schools, university colleges and chaplaincies, affiliated Ignatian schools, and the intellectual apostolate.

A Jesuit education has a clear purpose: the development of a well-rounded Christian person of competence, conscience and compassion who will be of service in the world and has the generosity to make a contribution.

Jesuit education seeks to be world affirming - to reveal a world “charged with the grandeur of God”. It encourages study of all reality, promoting the search for God in all things while respecting the infinite variety of ways in which God is revealed to an individual. Its objective is to produce wisdom and a deep sense of reverence rather than marketability or a narrow orientation towards a specific career.

Ignatian Network

The Ignatian Network is a group of about 95 Jesuit (e.g. Xavier College in Kew) and Jesuit partner (e.g. Loyola College in Watsonia) schools in Australasia together with others worldwide that share the spiritual and educational philosophy of St. Ignatius of Loyola. As such it seeks to develop each student's individual capacity for reflection including the search for God in all things.

Creating a safe environment

Read our professional standards document, Creating a safe environment in Jesuit schools: Principles, protocols, standards of practice.