The Mission of Our Lady of Assumption Catholic School

Former U.S. Congressman, Mark Foley, once said, ‘By offering an education centered on values, the faculty in Catholic schools can create an interactive setting between parents and students that is geared toward long-term healthy character and scholastic development for all enrolled children.’

At Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School in Albuquerque, affectionately known as OLA, we take that mission to heart. While parents are their children’s first teachers, at OLA, teachers and staff strive to do their part to serve our community and help lead our students and their families to holiness, and ultimately sainthood.

Throughout the year, OLA hosts various pageants and performances, including a play about St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe and re-enactments of the Nativity and Stations of the Cross. OLA caters to our families’ spiritual needs by encouraging them to attend Adoration, Confession and Mass regularly, particularly on weekends and during our weekly school Mass on Wednesdays, pray the “Living Rosary” multiple times throughout the year, and serve those in our community through various service projects such as supporting the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Locker 505, and the Good Shepherd Center. We also provide links to faith-formation programs, such as “The Bible in a Year Podcast” and “The Catechism in a Year Podcast” by Fr. Mike Schmitz, and “The Great Adventure Bible Study” by Jeff Cavins. This relationship extends also to our older students as we prepare them to become the leaders in our church through serving as Mass Buddies and partnering with younger students in various religious activities, during retreats, and for special feast days.

At OLA, we firmly believe that we are all called to help lead others to holiness as we all strive towards sainthood, and we are proud to work together with our students and their families so that one day we may all be together in Heaven, and hear the words, ‘Well done my good and faithful servants.’