“The Gospel is far from containing only exhortations to generosity and love. No one will enter the Kingdom if he has not also demonstrated certain qualities of mind and understanding. To make an inventory of the resources at our disposal, to organize them and to put them to work with moderation, with order, is to bring our cooperation to the work of Providence.”
“God willed to leave us free. He did not have to do it, but He gave us freedom. That is moreover the hallmark of a spiritual nature. By the very fact that God gave man a mind, He created Him free, because He created him intelligent. The intelligence is made in order to know things, and so that man might then will those things freely in order to earn merit. It is the hallmark of the intelligence and the will to be free, but freedom is given to man in order to follow laws, to follow paths traced out by grace.”
— Archbishop Lefebvre, quotes from Thought for the Day
The mission of St. Mary’s College is to form the minds, hearts, and wills of her students, using the treasures of Western Civilization to set them firmly on the path to true wisdom, as imitators of Christ, Wisdom Incarnate. We want our students to be free to choose well their paths in life, all the while loving their God and working their way to an ever more intimate union with Him.
The College provides a traditional Catholic environment which supports students in reaching this lofty goal, and helps them to develop academically, spiritually, and socially. Through the College, they will realize in their own lives the great motto of St. Pius X: