Campus Ministry

Students lead morning prayer over the PA. The prayers are personal, written by each student in her theology classes. Many of these prayers are centered on a particular saint’s Feast Day, while others take on a personal tone. These prayers bless the day and bring greater awareness of God’s presence to living that day. Through recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance we embrace that we are “one nation under God,” allowing that principle to help us through the day make decisions in a manner which demonstrates the fact that we are daughters of God.

As the Eucharist is the “source and summit” of our faith, daily Mass is an integral part of our day. We gather to pray and celebrate Mass daily as a community. Mass provides the space for students to take a break from the hustle of everyday life, come together with their sisters, and allow God to fill them with His presence and His peace.

Regardless of faith background, we invite every young woman who attends SCA into a relationship with Jesus Christ. In discovering God’s personal love for her, she discovers the fulness of her identity. Our students enjoy the time at Mass to rest in who God says they are, His beloved daughter.

All students are given the opportunity and training to be an integral part of the Mass as lectors and servers. Participation in the Mass through altar serving, reading, or playing and singing in the choir helps us to enrich our faith and challenging us to share our faith with others.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered after mass each day. During our Advent and Lenten Adoration, all students are given the opportunity during their theology class to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and availability of spiritual direction are all daily opportunities to encounter Christ at St. Catherine. Adoration is offered to our students once a month and on special occasions (Holy Week, Lent, Advent). The sophomores, during their study of Church History, learn about and then participate in the Latin Mass.

The retreat program is designed to invite students, faculty, and staff of all faith traditions to a more personal and active relationship with God. The retreat days provide experiences that encourage participants to recognize God’s presence: in their lives, within each other, and the greater world. These experiences offer the space and time to consider more fully where and how God is present.

Our four-year retreat program follows our mission statement of preparing our young women for college and beyond by nurturing her soul, intellect, heart, and imagination.

Informally, the freshmen participate in a day-long retreat/orientation before school begins, as a means of beginning to grow in their sisterhood as a class. In the spring, and after the study of scripture during their theology class, the freshmen participate in a day-long retreat, intended to help each student further her relationship with Christ.

The sophomores continue their study of theology through the lens of church history. Their year culminates in an experience of the Latin Mass, celebrated in its entirety. In the spring they are provided with a day-long retreat, growing deeper in their love for Christ.

The junior retreat is typically held in the spring semester (May) with a focus on preparing our junior class to take the next step to be leaders of the school, leaders of the Faith for their sisters.

The senior retreat is a pivotal moment in the life of our young women as they enter their final months of high school. Their retreat is in mid-November, after the often-hectic college application process. The senior retreat allows our young women to re-focus and re-center themselves as we help them deepen their relationship with the Lord and strengthen their friendships through sisterhood-building activities. In the spring, a follow-up, “pilgrimage” is planned for your daughters.