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As a non-Catholic how do I say that I support the Catholic ethos to work in a Catholic School?

I'm currently looking for work as an Integration Aide/Teacher's Aide and when I look at the positions for the Catholic schools one of the selection criteria is to support the Catholic ethos.

I am a christian and believe most of the same stuff as the Catholics but I am unsure how to say in words how I support the Catholic ethos beyond just saying "I support the Catholic ethos as taught in your school" when I write an application for these jobs.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I could say.

Thank you for answering my question

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Central to the Catholic ethos is the presence of the risen Christ at the heart of the school community. I cannot agree more with this tenet; if a school is to be successful at guiding children's religious, social, and academic growth, this must be made a reality. Although I am not Catholic, I am Christian, and I have great respect for the Catholic Church. As a teacher at School Name, I would strive to be a living example of the Christian faith. I agree wholeheartedly with the vast majority of Catholic doctrine, and I certainly support the teaching of it. If the situation were ever to arise wherein a student asked me a question I felt uncomfortable answering, I would have no difficulty referring that student to his or her religion teacher. Ultimately, however, the Catholic ethos is more than a doctrine, it is a way of life, and as such, I feel I would be an excellent match for your school.

  • 5 years ago

    I am methodist and attended a catholic high school. Surprisingly, many of my peers were also non catholic, so I fit in well. They did require me to take a religion class each year, in which catholic view points were taught and tested on. Although I had never been exposed to catholicism previously, I did very well in my religion classes. My parents encouraged me to discuss doctrines I was taught that conflicted with methodist doctrines with them at home, eliminating any confusion I felt. As you mentioned, the student to teacher ratio was much better than public schools, and I was able to receive much more one on one help than I ever did in public school. Overall, I would say the benefits definitely outweighed the drawbacks.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Being honest with you, I cannot see any reason for thinking that a Protestant supports the Catholic ethos.

    Protestant means " protesting against the Catholic ethos and dogma".

    In other words either you are a Protestant Christian, or you are a Catholic.

    Sorry!

  • Misty
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Please don't if you don't.

    We need teachers in our schools who will be able to answer Catholic questions, and support the Catholic faith to the children.

    There have been Catholic teens on here who have posted questions because they are confused by something their teacher said. Often it is flawed Catholic doctrine that a teacher is telling kids, and this causes a great deal of confusion and bad Catholic practice.

    If you are going to say you support our beliefs, then that needs to be the truth. Lying about something to get a job is never the right foot to start out on.

    Read up on Catholic beliefs, maybe you do agree with them. If you do get the job, make sure you do not teach your Protestant understanding of Christ, salvation, the sacraments etc. to Catholic children. Even though you won't be teaching religion, teaching in a religious school requires that you'll be able to support the religious doctrine of that school, so you'll need to know what it is.

    ADDED: To browncornfish - it is NOT discrimination for a privately funded religious school to not hire someone who does to agree with their beliefs. When my kids were younger I went to sign them up to go to a fundamentalist Christian school and they wanted me to sign a paper saying I believed the Bible to be the sole source of spiritual authority...I didn't believe that, couldn't sign it and my kids could not go there.

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    5 years ago

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  • Erika
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    I am a Catholic and I find this 'ethos' question difficult for me to explain....I have found a link which covers the exact thing you are on about, hope it helps, best of luck.

    http://www.thepastoralreview.org/cgi-bin/archive_d...

  • lanza
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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