Campus Ministry
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Living Our Faith
At School of the Incarnation, our Catholic identity is at the heart of who we are and how we educate. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, we added a dedicated part-time Campus Minister to help ensure that our Catholic mission and the spiritual life of our school receive the intentional focus they deserve.
Faith formation at School of the Incarnation extends well beyond Religion class and our monthly celebrations of Mass. Through prayer, worship, formation, service, and relationships with our parish communities, we seek to create a school environment where students and adults have regular opportunities to encounter Christ and grow in their faith.
Our students have opportunities to grow in their faith everyday!
Morning Prayer
Each morning, the entire student body gathers to begin the school day in prayer. Morning prayer is at the heart of our school community. Gathering together each morning gives our students and staff the opportunity to see one another and begin the day as an entire school community. Parents are also always welcome to join us and often do. Each week, a different homeroom leads the school in
morning prayer. Students take an active role in preparing and leading the prayer, giving them the opportunity to share their faith with the larger school community. Our morning prayer provides a consistent rhythm to the life of our school. It is a time to pray for our school community and remember that all that we do begins with Christ.
A School Community Rooted in Prayer
Our school chapel is a place of prayer throughout the day. Most importantly, it is a place where students and adults can come simply to spend time with Jesus. Because the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in our chapel, members of our school community have the opportunity to make a personal visit, to sit quietly in His presence, to pray, and to bring to Him the intentions of their hearts.
Formation of Our Faculty and Staff
Our Catholic mission calls us to attend to the spiritual formation of the adults who serve our students. Each Friday morning, the entire faculty gathers for morning prayer before the school day begins. A different pair of teachers leads the faculty in prayer each week, giving us the opportunity to begin the day together in faith before turning our attention to the work of the school.
Each fall, our faculty and staff also participate in an annual retreat. The Campus Minister is involved in planning and facilitating this time of prayer, reflection, and spiritual renewal for the adults who serve our school. During Advent and Lent, the Campus Minister facilitates opportunities for adult faith formation and study, giving faculty, staff, parents, and other members of our community opportunities to deepen their understanding of Scripture and the Catholic faith.
Formation in Faith
Campus Ministry supports the faith formation of our students in many ways throughout the school year. Each fall, our eighth-grade students participate in a retreat organized by the Campus Minister. The retreat gives students an opportunity to step away from the regular school routine, spend time in prayer and reflection, build community, and consider their own faith journey as they prepare for the next chapter of their lives.
The Campus Minister also coordinates visits from priests, religious, and lay faithful who speak with students about vocations and what it means to live an adult life of faith. These conversations allow students to hear different stories of vocation and discipleship and to consider how God may be calling them to use their own gifts in service to others. During Advent and Lent, we are grateful to welcome visiting priests to campus to make the Sacrament of Reconciliation available to students who have received their First Reconciliation.
One Catholic Community: School and Parish
Our Catholic school is an extension of the evangelizing mission of our parishes. The Campus Minister works closely with parish youth ministers and evangelization teams to strengthen the connection between the work of our parishes and the life of our school.
We welcome our parish youth ministers into the life of the school. At different times throughout the year, they may teach a special lesson, provide catechesis, or simply join us for a school event. Their presence helps our students and families experience the connection between school and parish and reminds us that we are one family in God.
Our pastors and seminarians also visit the school, giving students opportunities to build relationships with the priests and future priests who serve our parish communities and to ask questions about their faith.
Faith in Action
Faith calls us to serve others. The Campus Minister is also part of our House Committee and helps coordinate opportunities for students to serve and reach out to our broader community.
These projects vary from year to year and have included preparing breakfast bags for Helping Hands, participating in the baby bottle drive, raising funds to support a Catholic school in Haiti, and supporting our annual Giving Back: Linda’s Legacy backpack drive. Through these experiences, students have opportunities to recognize the needs of others and respond through generosity, service, and care for their neighbors.
Faith in Community
Our faith also comes to life through the traditions and experiences we share as a school community. Each year during Lent, our eighth graders take on the responsibility of planning and presenting a living Stations of the Cross. Performed in the round, the Stations are presented during the school day for the entire student body and again in the evening for the broader community.
These experiences are part of the larger work of Campus Ministry at School of the Incarnation: creating opportunities for our students and adults to pray, learn, worship, serve, encounter Christ, and live our Catholic faith together.
Regular opportunities for our community to gather together in prayer include:
Faculty Prayer Group | Mondays at 7:30 AM
Each Monday morning, faculty members gather in the chapel to pray for the intentions of our school community and to reflect together on a Scripture passage or spiritual message.
Rosary | Wednesdays at 7:15 AM
Each Wednesday morning, faculty, students, and parents gather in the chapel to pray the Rosary together.
Throughout the year, teachers also bring their classes to the chapel for prayer and Eucharistic Adoration. These opportunities give students a chance to step away from the activity of the school day, spend time in the presence of Christ, and develop the habit of personal prayer.
Ms Amy Mautino
Campus Minister
