{"id":77,"date":"2021-12-02T10:08:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T23:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/junior\/beyond-the-classroom\/co-curricular\/christian-approach\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:29:50","slug":"christian-approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/senior\/beyond-the-classroom\/christian-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">As a Christian school, St Andrew\u2019s Cathedral School invites students to actively reflect on the Christian faith, as their education equips them to critique various philosophies and world views. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">We also want them to think critically and seriously about higher-order issues of a philosophical nature. We equip them to be\u00a0able to dismantle and question key belief systems that underpin our culture, in order to ask the \u2018big questions\u2019 in life: What constitutes the good life? Who or what am I? Who or what is God? What\u2019s wrong with the world? What will put it right? How do I know?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We seek to be marked by a generosity and hospitality modelled by Jesus, and we value relationships based on respect and mutuality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapel services are held weekly while our Christian Development course, taught in the classroom, offers all students the opportunity to engage in healthy discussion on the Christian faith as well as&nbsp;other belief systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/201201_-2020-ACAP-Assembly-045-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/201201_-2020-ACAP-Assembly-045-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/201201_-2020-ACAP-Assembly-045-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/201201_-2020-ACAP-Assembly-045-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/201201_-2020-ACAP-Assembly-045-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/201201_-2020-ACAP-Assembly-045.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CRU groups\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many students at St Andrew\u2019s Cathedral School choose to profess their Christian faith and we seek to provide a supportive and encouraging environment where they can mature in their faith as they travel through school. Students can join one of the many age-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cru.edu.au\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cru.edu.au\">Crusaders (CRU) groups<\/a> and attend a Christian camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-font-azo has-medium-font-size\"><strong>You may also be interested in<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-blue-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/senior\/beyond-the-classroom\/student-leadership\/\">Student leadership<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want our students to engage with the teaching of Jesus. 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