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4. Sacrament Of Reconciliation
Any student is welcome to approach any of the priests on the staff for this
sacrament at any time. During the Seasons of Advent and Lent and on retreats,
there are scheduled opportunities to participate in this sacrament.
5. Fast Fridays
Students voluntarily fast from food and snacks on Fridays of Lent and spend
their lunch periods in prayer in the school Chapel. Students donate the money
they would have spent on food to the poor.
B. Service Program
Jesus reminds us that "so long as you did this for one of the least of my
brothers and sisters you did it for me."
1. Days of Service
These voluntary days of service provide opportunities for freshmen,
sophomores and juniors to serve the surrounding neighborhood.
2. Community Service Program
The Community Service Program (CSP) offers students of all four years
weekend and after-school volunteer opportunities to place themselves at the
service of others. Students go out into the greater St. Louis community to work
with children who were born drug-addicted or HIV-exposed, homeless women
and their children, elementary and junior-high students in underprivileged
neighborhoods, people with inadequate housing and others in need. CSP is not
a club, but the program cooperates with numerous clubs and agencies
throughout the school to encourage broad participation.
3. Senior Project
"Senior Project" is the name given to the intensive, full-time "community
service" experience for our fourth-year students. It was inaugurated in 1970
and has been a part of our curriculum since then. The time-period that is
devoted to this is three weeks, in January, just prior to the start of the seniors'
second semester. The various service projects that are offered to the seniors are
designed to challenge them to go beyond the purely personal acquisition of
knowledge and to use their skills and God-given talents in the service of others.
The projects will give to the seniors a broader view of society's problems, a
deeper appreciation of their own gifts, and an awareness of their responsibility
as Christians to be of service to their fellow human beings. Once the seniors
have returned to class, their experiences, as recorded in their journals, become
the basis for reflection and discussion, particularly in their theology classes.
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