FAITH

The Mission and Ministry department works with each division to support the formation of students’ spiritual life–putting faith into action. Ensuring Gospel witness is a unique and central part of life at the Academy of the Holy Names, the Mission & Ministry team calls the community’s faith into action by: 

• Providing frequent liturgical celebrations throughout the year that offer opportunities for communal worship and personal prayer;

• Facilitating retreat experiences that provide sabbath time for deepening one’s relationship with God, growing in self-knowledge, and building community; and,

• Organizing service to others, especially the poor and disadvantaged, through a formalized service-learning program, Mission Trips, as well as club and individual activities.

• Consciously sharing the charism of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary through education in our SNJM heritage, SNJM Spirit Week, and connections with SNJM Sisters and Associates. 

Lastly, an education in the faith undergirds the total educational environment in which students can become more fully Christ-like and more fully human as they:

• Gain skills in moral and ethical decision-making and a sense of personal and social responsibility;

• Develop an understanding of themselves, a respect for the person and property of others, and a concern for the earth and its resources; and,

• Learn to understand, accept, and appreciate diversity within the school as well as on a local and global level.