The Christian way of life is the way of Christ. He is Himself the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:5). He revealed to us the Father, and He taught us by words and by example how to live our earthly lives. He draws us to holiness. He who is Himself “the Divine Teacher and the Model of all perfection” (LG 40). Christ is the Fountain and Source of life. We are not merely to imitate Him, but to live in Him and for Him. “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches.” (John 15:4-5)

Our life is to be transformed by our union with Christ. His life, His mind, His Spirit are to be ours. For “we are members of His body” (Eph. 5:30). Through our union with Christ, we are bound with one another, and thus made able to bear fruit for one another in works of love.

We are made one with Him by the gift of His Spirit. Regarding Jesus' words that the thirsty who came to Him to drink would have living waters in abundance, to have His spirit is to be a new person. For it is to have faith, hope and at least some measure of true love of God; and these are transforming gifts.

BECOMING CHRIST speaks of conformity with the divine plan “to unite all things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth” (Eph. 1:10), under the saving providence of God who cares for all men and the whole of creation with great love.

BECOMING CHRIST is a call to follow the poor and crucified Christ, the ideal of a perfect man, as the center of the whole educational endeavor.

BECOMING CHRIST dictates a philosophy of education which holds that

EDUCATION is an individual and social life-long process and task whereby man commits to discern his call and mission to be fully transformed in Christ.

THE TEACHER is a person dedicated to the process of becoming and responsible for the development of his personal and professional competencies, who is both a living witness and an active participant in the transforming experience of his student and community.

THE STUDENT is a person unique with his own history, endowed with and responsible for the development of his God-given talents, for the service of his community.

LEARNING is growth effected in the person through the living of a liberating experience arising from a dialogic encounter with human and non-human realities and from a synthesis of the true and the good.

THE SCHOOL is a network of interdependent and interrelated components essential to the attainment of the goals of Christian education in relation to the needs of a developing country, the Philippines.