Prayer is an essential part of each school day at Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic School.  The school community prays together several times throughout the day.  In addition, classroom prayers are said at the beginning of each class.  
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Students from kindergarten through eighth grade attend Mass on a weekly basis. The entire student body, many parents, and parishioners attend and participate in various roles as musicians, cantors, altar servers, and ushers.
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At various times of the year, students engage in celebrations and activities that help them learn about the virtuous lives of saints and help them learn more about the Bible and the Life of Jesus Christ.
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The religion curriculum is an integral part of the course of study at Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic School, and it is designed to assist the student in their spiritual formation. We use the Faith and Life Series from Ignatius Press for grades 1-8 and cover a variety of topics like the following:

• Trinity (One God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit):  Live a life of loving kindness in family and community which reflects the communion of love in the mystery of the Trinity. 

• Christ is the Center (Fullness of Revelation):  Demonstrate an active relationship with Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church by living out our Baptismal vocation to love God, others, and self. 

• Revealed Truth (Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition & the Magisterium):  Discover and reflect God’s desire to share His own life with us through honoring His Word as revealed to us in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, as one deposit of faith, interpreted and taught by the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. 

• Sacraments (Channels of Grace): Understand and participate on a regular basis in the sacramental life of the Church, that finds its culmination in the Eucharist, our source of grace and redemption. 

• Moral Formation (Personal & Social):  Freely pursue a life of virtue and grace, striving to be “imitators of Christ,” in a life of freedom, by conforming our thoughts, words, and actions to Him.  

• Human Dignity (Respect for Life):  Respect God as the source of all creation and promote a “culture of life” which recognizes the dignity of human life, created in the image of God, as its summit. 

• Prayer (God’s Initiative, Our Response):  Develop a personal, covenant relationship with God through ongoing private and communal prayer as a response of faith and love to Christ, the only Son of God. 

• Evangelization (Proclaiming Christ):  Proclaim the person of Jesus Christ, as did Mary – our model of faith – to all the world by a life of witness, enabling a profound conversion of mind and heart. 

• Christian Service (Conscience, Compassion, and Creative Action):  Seeks to apply the Gospel command to love and serve all people, in the promotion of the common good, within the family, school, and larger community. 

• Catholic Culture (Disciples Shaping Society):  Evaluate relationships, curriculum, and extra-curricular activities in relation to the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church in order to contribute to the creation of a Catholic culture.