Kairos is a Catholic school that strongly believes in nurturing the spiritual child.  Our main Catholic formation is in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. As a school we live the liturgical calendar and celebrate all the major Catholic religious holidays, and prayer is infused in the daily life and experience of students. 

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is the montessori approach to the religious formation. It originated in 1954 through the work of Dr. Sofia Cavalletti, a Biblical scholar trained in Catholic theology, and Gianna Gobbi, a Montessori educator. After 50 years of working with children all over the world, these women found that whatever their culture, children respond in the same way to certain elements of the Christian message. This observation has shaped the core content and methodology of the catechesis.

The student experiences a formation that is profoundly biblical, sacramental and also prayerful. The kind of knowledge that Jesus wills for His disciples is not a limited, academic knowledge, but a knowing that addresses the whole person – heart, soul, and mind. Therefore, while the children receive a thoroughly informed formation, the primary aim of the catechesis is to lead the child to an authentic, prayerful relationship with God.