Mission

The mission of the Pharr Oratory of St. Philip Neri School System is to promote the formation of Christian character, Catholic lay leadership, Christian fellowship and community service by integrating the gospel message with a liberal arts educational program in the spirit of joy of St. Philip Neri.

Philosophical Statement

Because all philosophies ultimately arrive at a logical order of underlying principles built on faith, we hold the following to be true:

• there exists a personal loving God who is the source of all things, visible and invisible, and who manifested Himself to us through Jesus Christ, His Son, by the light of the Holy Spirit;
• the ultimate destiny and purpose of all men is to be united to this God forever, and this union begins here on earth by knowing, loving, and serving Him through our neighbor;
• the Christian Church is the body of Christ in the world today, guiding human behavior, achieving union with God by seeking truth, and defining moral norms;
• the Roman Catholic Church, a pilgrim church, which represents the truest expression of Christ on earth lays the philosophical and doctrinal base for all the schools of the Educational System of the Pharr Oratory of St. Philip Neri of Pontifical Right:
• a Catholic education, based on God, the source of all truth, must always protect freedom in pursuit of truth; and, finally,
• the educational process must reflect and respect the resources of the bicultural area where the Oratory Schools are located, promoting Christian love and understanding of both cultures.

With the above declarations serving as foundational principles, which must always pervade the entire educational program, we, the founding fathers, are compelled in conscience to found a Catholic bicultural-bilingual school under the auspices of the Fathers of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri.

Vision

Every Oratory student believes the Gospel message and lives it by making a difference in the world, as each student journeys to his/her ultimate end, heaven.

School Motto

EX UMBRIS ET IMAGINIBUS AD LUCEM
From the Shadows and Darkness Into the Light

Mission and Vision in Latin

Ratio et Mandatum

Ratio et mandatum Constitutionis Oratorii Sancti Philippii Nerii Scholasticae
Pharrernsis recipiunt officium conferendi in unum Evangelium Jesu Christi cum
curriculo artium liberales secundum spiritualitatem laetam Sancti Philippi Nerii. 
labor hos fines sequéntes comprehendent:

ad rádices Christianas a éxitu infantiae usque ad adulescentiam colendas  
ad imperium sui, exemplo vitae virtutis praebito, docendum  
ad alios ducendos per viam virtutis et sanctitates  
ad omnes officium circa veritatem assumptum ab homine docendum  
ad tractationem caritativam et servitium gratuitum ceteribus augendum  

Prospectus

Ultiman omnes discipuli crederent in veritates Evangelii quotidie exercitas et in exitum  
productas in vita hominum iter facientium ad locum destinatum finalem caelum.