Campus Ministry at Saint Paul’s

Liturgies (Masses)

Once a month, the entire school community attends a whole-school liturgy. Liturgies are commonly aligned with holy days of obligation of the liturgical year, but we also take the opportunity to celebrate liturgies in the context of special events and feasts in the liturgical year such as Founder’s Week, the celebration of Dia de los Muertos, International Lasallian Days of Peace, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, and the Feast of St. John Baptist de La Salle. Any non-Saint Paul’s faculty, staff, or student wishing to attend a Saint Paul’s liturgy is welcome to attend and should contact the Campus Ministry office (x1932).

Prayer

As part of the religion classes, students participate in smaller-setting prayer every first Friday of each month as well as each religion class period during the liturgical seasons of Advent and Lent. Like Masses, religion classes hold prayer in the chapel for other special occasions or in the event of a specific intention for prayers.

Remembering that we are always “in the Holy presence of God” is a necessary part of our Lasallian Catholic tradition. In upholding this, students engage in prayer at the beginning of the day, the beginning and during each class period, and at the end of the school day. The prayers for each of these instances can be found in the Saint Paul’s Student-Parent Handbook.

Service

Between the start of each student’s sophomore year  and January 1st of senior year, each Saint Paul’s student is required to complete 50 non-compensated service hours. 

A minimum of 20 of those hours must be in service of the poor/vulnerable or in benefit of non-profit organizations that serve the poor/vulnerable. Therefore, a maximum of 30 hours may be used from service to the Saint Paul’s community (or other approved organizations that do not do work directly with the poor/vulnerable). However, you may submit as many hours in each category for record keeping and award consideration. 

Missions

In conjunction with the Lasallian network’s “Twinning” program, we hold weekly collections in the beginning of the school day on Wednesday to help benefit Saint Paul’s School in Marsabit, Kenya. We also hold our annual “Wolf Jam” concert to showcase the amazing musical talents of our Saint Paul’s student body as well as to help benefit San Miguel High School is Tuscon, Arizona.

Retreats

Students at Saint Paul’s attend a retreat day each school year.  Attending retreats at Saint Paul’s is unlike any other retreat experience. The retreat program follows our school’s paradigm and the needs of students at each grade level with the culminating retreat event being the three-day experience we simply call “Senior Retreat” usually held in early January. At these retreats, students not only grow in their relationship with God, but also plant, grow, and maintain bonds with their fellow brothers they are shaping the Saint Paul’s experience with.