St. Benedict the Moor School is an African American Catholic School with a mission statement that defines the school.  Of the many titles that Scripture and Tradition ascribe to Jesus, that of "Teacher" is at the same time the most personal and most universal.  By example and word, by act and attitude, by parable and miracle, the Divine "Teacher" sought to make every soul aware of the Good News, i.e., that we are all God's children individually created, cared for and called, each with unassailable personal dignity and worth.  He wished for us to learn that each has a place in His kingdom, and how to aspire to and achieve that place.  He then charged His Church to continue to promulgate that lesson to all times and places: "His message goes out to all the earth."

In response to that charge, the Catholic Church has considered education as a ministry in imitation of the Divine Teacher: education as a tool in the formation of individuals as inheritors of the Kingdom.  Catholic schools in general, and St. Benedict the Moor in particular, are maintained as instruments of evangelization (not proselytization), and those who teach and work in them are primarily ministers of the Good News, espousing social justice and Gospel values.

While remaining true to the best of secular criteria in the conveying of knowledge, and never sacrificing the high degree of professionalism presumed in educational content and process, St. Benedict the Moor School is committed to the development of the whole child, but in the context of the traditions, teachings and practices of the Catholic Church, in the belief that a comprehensive and coherent atmosphere of a faith community is the most effective setting for the total formation of each individual.

Furthermore, in response to the Divine Teacher's command "to make all nations one blood", it is the particular charism of St. Benedict the Moor School to exercise this ministry within the Hill District area, not merely to provide an alternate education for the African American Community, but to celebrate and preserve an identifiable people's involvement in, and cultural contribution to, this apostolate.

We are committed, by or life, our work, and our spirituality, to the task of establishing the Kingdom of God as we strive "To Teach as Jesus Did".