DeSales athletics purposefully and intentionally integrates the Catholic faith into athletics through the development of good habitual action of the will done with promptness.

DeSales Athletics will accomplish this through integration of the Cardinal Virtues:

Prudence - “right reason applied to action”
Is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it. 
 

Justice – “firm and constant will to give God and neighbor their due”
Is the virtue that enables us to live rightly with others, it empowers us to take care of others and give them not just what they need but deserve.


Fortitude – “it allows us to overcome fear and to restrain from excessive boldness”
Is the virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in moral life.


Temperance – “controls our passions and desires”
Is the virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods. It ensures the will’s mastery over instincts and keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable.