In pursuing our Mission, Mount St Benedict College:

• encourages students and community members to recognise God’s presence in their lives and to develop their spiritual life in the Benedictine tradition of simplicity, community and balance
• embraces the Benedictine values of Pax, Hospitality and Stewardship
• fosters in each student a desire to pursue personal excellence and fulfilment through life-long learning, reflection and sharing of her gifts and talents in service of others
• challenges each student to listen, question and discern meaning in the search for truth, understanding and wisdom
• responds to and supports the needs and interests of each student through a broad, flexible and innovative curriculum
• provides an environment which allows girls to develop and affirm their strength as women of and for the world
• nurtures and promotes respectful relationships
• equips students to face life’s challenges with resourcefulness, confidence and compassion
• stirs a personal and community response to injustice through reflection and action
• instils in each student a responsibility to be active stewards of the environment and natural resources.