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OUR MISSION
To serve God and His children by laying the foundationfor lasting happiness through education in virtue.
Bishop Ryan Catholic School is dedicated to providing all students
with an outstanding faith-based education.
Bishop Ryan graduates are well-prepared for future academic endeavors
and to discover their role in God's plan.
Students are given the tools needed to fulfill their purpose
and to be people of prayer, love, and compassion, committed to making a difference in the world.
To accomplish these objectives, Bishop Ryan provides its students with ongoing opportunities
to cultivate their spiritual, intellectual, and physical well-being.
BISHOP RYAN CORE VIRTUES1. I prefer nothing to the love of Christ.• I do not put others, material objects, or events before Christ.
• The world does not bring ultimate fulfillment and eternal happiness.
• By charity, we love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves for love of God.Charity, the form of all virtues, binds everything together in perfect harmony.
(Colossians 3:14) (CCC, 1844)*
2. Through faith, I seek to know God and do his will. (cf. CCC, 1814)
• I prayerfully discern God’s will in my life and the vocation to which He is calling me.
• I share Christ with those I encounter.
• Since man is wholly dependent on God as his Creator and Lord, and since created reason is completely
subject to uncreated truth, we are bound by faith to give full obedience of intellect and will to God who
reveals. (Dei Filius)Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.
(Matthew 5:8)
3. I put my hope in God.
The good in myself I credit to God and I take responsibility for my evil doing.
• I give credit and praise to God for my successes and ask Him to guide my every thought and deed.
• I do not make excuses for my actions, rather I accept the consequences.
• By hope we desire, and with steadfast trust await from God, eternal life and the graces to merit it.
(CCC, 1843)May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(Romans 15:13)
4. I justly give to others what is due to them.
• I speak the truth with my heart and mouth.
• Is it true? Is it kind? Is it thoughtful? (Socrates)
• Justice consists in the firm and constant will to give God and neighbor their due. (CCC, 1836)Only to do the right and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with God.
(Micah 6:8)
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
(Matthew 5:6)
5. With fortitude, I endure all adversity for the sake of the good.
• If I have a quarrel, I promptly make peace.
• I defend my faith.
• Fortitude ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. (CCC, 1837)For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.
(2 Timothy 1:7)
6. I make prudent choices by being mindful of myself and my surroundings;
I am willing to be taught and act in consideration of the future.
• After prayerful, thoughtful deliberation, I generate sound judgements which consider all circumstances.
• Prudence disposes the practical reason to discern, in every circumstance, our true good and to choose
the right means for achieving it. (CCC, 1835)Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me.
Then the God of peace will be with you.
(Philippians 4:9)
7. I temper emotions and my desire for pleasures in order to act honorably.
• I resist desires for pleasures that are destructive and dishonest toward others and myself; including
gossip, manipulation, wasting time and resources, gluttony, lust, anger, and pride.
• I do not claim benefits for myself that are not justly due to me.• Temperance moderates the attraction of the pleasures of the senses and provides balance in the use of
created goods. (CCC, 1838)What do you have that you did not receive?
And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?
(1 Corinthians 4:7)
Go not after your lusts, but keep your desires in check.
(Sirach 18:30)
*CCC denotes the associated reference from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.