CELEBRATING
Over 90 Years of Academic Excellence
Ordered To Truth
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 St. Gertrude, students encounter the great books and western intellectual traditions not as relics of the past but as companions in their pursuit of wisdom. They are shaped not only in knowledge but in love of the truth, formed to proclaim it with clarity, conviction, and joy.
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This is an education that does not merely inform—it transforms. It develops critical thinkers and articulate defenders of the faith. It prepares students not just for the next step in their academic journey, but for a lifelong mission as disciples, evangelists, and leaders.