Service

Campus Ministry Service Program

In accordance with our Basilian foundation, our vision is for students to be the hands and feet of Christ by actively serving their communities.

Our Service Requirement for Each Eagle

Each student will be expected to complete four (4) service experiences annually, emulating Christ’s love through action. The timeframe for this work begins June 1, and ends May 31.

How We Facilitate Our Requirement

  • Access to over 100 current and ongoing service activities, provided in this published List.
  • A weekly student service outing to St. Martha’s soup kitchen during the school day.
  • Accountability check-ins on a quarterly basis; monthly published progress reports via the Big Red News.

How Students Achieve The Requirement

Students are expected to seek, schedule, fulfill and document their service experiences to achieve our program requirements.

Defining ‘Experience’

An experience is a supervised, unrewarded, in-person activity that lasts two or more hours, and effectuates at least one Corporal Work of Mercy.

Corporal Works of Mercy

  • Feed the hungry (e.g. volunteer at a food bank or soup kitchen)

  • Give drink to the thirsty (e.g. participate in clean-water initiatives)

  • Give alms to the poor or the hopeless (e.g. making and delivering holiday cards to nursing home or children’s facility)

  • Visit the imprisoned (e.g. participate in a prison ministry; supervised letter-writing projects)

  • Shelter the homeless (e.g. volunteer at shelters or outreach programs)

  • Visit the sick (e.g. all medical programs; visiting the ill)

  • Bury the dead (e.g. serve at a funeral Mass; bereavement-related support)

  • Environmental & Resource Stewardship (e.g. environmental/outdoor projects; sustainability efforts; animal welfare)

  • Supporting Vulnerable Individuals (e.g. programs for children under 13, general elderly support, those with special needs)

  • Approved Projects @ STH in support of the maintenance crew

Any activity that does not reflect one of the above will not count toward required service, but should still be documented under the category ‘General Volunteering’ in MobileServe™. Volunteerism is valuable for future experience.

Documenting Service

  • MobileServe™ software is the only method of proving service for credit. Every student is provided an account.
  • New students will receive training during New Student Orientation. Summer service documentation should be deferred until training occurs.
  • Please click here to see our instructional guide for MobileServe™, or, visit their website here for an overview.

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