The 21st century is seeing a transformation from an economy-oriented society to a culture-oriented society. Such times require flexibility of mind, enabling us to correctly value generosity and humanity as well as rationality and efficiency. Not only do such things remind us of consideration and thankfulness we have been missing, but it also encourages us to teach these values to subsequent generations. Young people who experience less closely-knit families and communities, need attentive school education that aims at helping them acquire useful knowledge and skills. Moreover, such schooling should build character and awareness of compassion and imagination. No era has ever demanded a more universal axis of coordinates in education than today's.

For 120 years, Toyo Eiwa has been spending all its energies to educate the mind based on Christian values. Hakushu Kitahara phrased it in the school anthem as "The pure in heart that revere God. The humble in spirit that serve others." "Reverence and Service," its school motto, purports to tell that it should commit itself to cultivate students into generous and creative women who can empathise with her neighbors.

Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin, a comprehensive educational institution providing continuity in education from kindergarten through to university, was founded by the Canadian missionary Miss Cartmell, with the intention of helping Japanese women to develop an independent spirit, social manners, and international sensibilities. This was at a time when Japanese women had no opportunity for higher school education. The school's purpose also serves to remind that education is an important factor in building a modern society where equal opportunities are open to women and to encourage women toward wider participation and action in society.

We always serve with a prayer in mind:

O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
(Quoted from the "Prayer for Peace" by Saint Francis of Assisi)