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Fenwick High School Campus Ministry
Campus Ministry at Fenwick High School encompasses a variety of areas. These include: Liturgical, Sacramental, Spiritual, Ministerial, Counseling Services and Community Outreach.
Liturgical services include the celebration of daily Mass in our school chapel, all-school liturgies which includes the holy days of obligation (like All Saints) in our auditorium, and various Masses for our sports teams (Football celebrates Mass before each game) and clubs. There are also Masses for various events on our school calendar, like Junior Ring Ceremony, Mothers and Fathers Clubs, and various awards like the St. Martin de Porres award for excellence in the field of medicine, and Baccalaureate. Sacramental services include all-school reconciliations during Advent and Lent, and preparation for various sacraments including Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation. The Sacrament of Confirmation is celebrated by our local Bishop in April. Spiritual Services are the Class days for Frosh, Soph and Juniors, and the Kairos retreat from the Senior class. Ministerial services include students and faculty who are trained for various liturgical services such as Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, Lectors, Acolytes and those involved in music ministry. Counseling services are offered for any student or faculty member who are in need of spiritual direction, someone to talk with about various family or social difficulties, bereavement, or referrals for more serious problems. Community Outreach is a group of student volunteers from all four years who devote their time and efforts to serving the "little ones" of the Bible – the poor, the sick, the homeless. They make time to become aware of issues of social justice so they may work for change as mandated by Catholic Social Teaching. Community Outreach students participate in many direct service projects: preparing dinners for families staying at Ronald McDonald House of Loyola Hospital, working with the local PADS programs, the Letters to Santa program and the Glass Slipper Project which collects used prom dresses cleans and re-distributes them to lower-income girls throughout the Chicago area, to name only a few. |
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