CELEBRATING
Over 90 Years of Academic Excellence
Ordered To Truth
The Dominican tradition was founded for one purpose: the salvation of souls through the preaching of truth. A Dominican education rests on the conviction that truth is not something we invent, but something we receive—ultimately revealed in Christ, who is Truth Himself. At SGS, students are formed to love what is good, true, and beautiful, and to live it with clarity, conviction, and joy.
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Since the founding of St. Gertrude Church and School, the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia and the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph have worked in close partnership to form a community deeply rooted in Dominican life. Their ongoing presence is more than a tradition—it is a living witness that animates the parish and school with the four pillars of Dominican spirituality: prayer, study, community, and preaching.
THE PILLARS OF DOMINICAN SPIRITUALITY
The Foundations Of Our Faith and Mission
This charism is not an abstract ideal, rather embedded in the very fabric of St. Gertrude School. Here, education is more than academic excellence; it is a formation of the whole person. Students don’t simply study the classics—they are immersed in a tradition that refines reason, cultivates virtue, and orders the soul toward what is true, good, and beautiful.
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A Dominican education rests on the conviction that true learning begins with reality as it is—rooted in Christ, who is Truth Himself. At SGS, students encounter the great books and Western intellectual tradition not as relics of the past, but as companions in their pursuit of wisdom. Through disciplined study and a Catholic worldview, they learn to see God’s hand in all of creation and to engage the world courageously, rooted in reality as it is. This formation is not merely intellectual, rather both human and sacramental. Faith is lived, witnessed, and shared—shaping joyful students who know they are seen, known, and loved.
This is an education that does not merely inform, but transforms. It forms critical thinkers, articulate defenders of the faith, and young people prepared not only for their next academic step, but for a lifelong mission as disciples, evangelists, and leaders.