Vision & Mission

Vision

Newman Catholic College is a welcoming and inclusive community and has at its heart an Encounter with the Gospel and an identity centred on God. 

Here we:

• Give daily witness to the presence of Christ amongst us;
• Inspire and support others to seek the Truth; and,
• Support innovative thinkers to teach and learn together.

Together with James Cook University we believe in the power of education to develop people to lead lives of purpose and meaning.
if … “we love one another God remains in us” (1Jn 4:12) …   so … “let all that you do be done in love” (1Cor 16:14)

Mission

At Newman Catholic College, we aspire to become what God intended for us. As fully participating members of our Catholic College Community we will: 

• Give witness to the presence of Christ amongst us.
• Be open to a personal encounter with Christ.
• Engage in prayer and worship to experience the sacred mystery of God’s presence.
• Appreciate the centrality of the Eucharist to our Catholic story.
• Celebrate the First Nations peoples who continue to enrich our Newman Catholic Colleges story.
• Celebrate and educate the whole person, acknowledging gifts and talents, rights and responsibilities, and culture.
• Strive to remain exemplary, relevant, contemporary, adaptable, future focused and agile enough to respond to future change.  
• Share and seek the truth of Christ’s message passionately.
• Value positive relationships including all members of family, parish, and community.
  • Teach all to see the beauty and the goodness of creation and of humanity, which always retains the imprint of the Creator.
• Acknowledge and promote the wellbeing of all within the community.
• Embrace our responsibility to serve others.
• Foster meaningful and respectful relationships with James Cook University community and the wider Smithfield and Cairns Communities.

The primary document The Catholic School states that “Jesus Christ is the foundation of the whole educational enterprise in Catholic school”. That is, within the totality of its life, in the ordinary and no-so-ordinary happenings within the Catholic school, the pervasiveness of Christ is experienced. “His revelation gives new meaning to life and helps man to direct his thought, action and will according to the gospel, making the beatitudes his norm of life”.

THE SACRED CONGREGATION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Section 1V)