Ministries: Direct Service, Tutoring and Training
Results
Adopt-a-family (Omaha, NE)
This program links Creighton University organizations with families residing in local homeless shelters.
Arrupe Neighborhood Partnership (Cleveland, OH)
The Arrupe Neighborhood Partnership (Arrupe), a unique service and community-based program, is central to Saint Ignatius High School's focus on developing "Men for Others." We offer students and their parents an opportunity to become involved, serve others, build friendships, strengthen their faith, and ultimately to make a difference in the lives of neighborhood children and families in need. Arrupe sponsors a variety of afterschool service programs and events throughout the school year and summer.
Bellarmine Support Team for Oyler School A.P. Hampton Mentoring Program (Cincinnati, OH)
Parish volunteers provide academic tutoring and mentoring to support and improve at-risk students’ academic learning and reading/writing skills at Oyler School in Cincinnati’s Lower Price Hill neighborhood.
Blessed Sacrament School (Hollywood, CA)
Blessed Sacrament School helps children achieve their highest potential spiritually, intellectually and socially through a Catholic education that stimulates academic excellence.
Day Nursery (New York, NY)
The Day Nursery offers a challenging preschool program that focuses on each child’s uniqueness and their social, emotional and cognitive growth. Our child-centered curriculum fosters learning through creative play. The “I am Special” program nurtures a sense of joy and self-esteem. Children explore their own special talents and learn to value and respect those of others. It is our goal that each child develop a strong sense of self and lifelong desire to learn.
The Day Nursery is an independently funded program of the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. The Nursery is nondenominational and accepts students of all religions, races and national origins.
De La Salle Middle School (St. Louis, MO)
De La Salle Middle School was founded in 2001 by the Christian Brothers of the Midwest. With the goal of providing a quality education to underserved 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in North St. Louis’ African-American community, De La Salle offers an empowering education centered on comprehensive academic preparation, small class sizes, and dedicated teachers and staff, all within the frame work of an extended school day and a year-round academic calendar. De La Salle educates 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, but our school’s focus extends beyond the middle school years, as well as beyond our school building. We help place students in one of St. Louis’ preparatory high schools and offer them academic and
counseling support throughout their high school and college years. De La Salle is a holistic place where students are nurtured academically, physically, morally, and spiritually. As a neighborhood school that instills values and fosters accountability, we believe that excellence in education increases individuals’ opportunities while also building stronger families and a better community.
Dolores Mission School K-8 (Los Angeles, CA)
Dolores Mission School is a parochial school educating students in grades Kindergarten through Eight in the heart of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles. We strive to serve the families of the greater parish community by offering their elementary school age children the academic and extracurricular programs necessary for them to achieve their fullest human potential in a safe and nurturing environment. By providing a variety of academic and enrichment activities, we hope to develop well-rounded children who are prepared academically, spiritually, physically, socially and emotionally.
Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice (Bronx, NY)
The Center for Service and Justice (CSJ) offers a variety of opportunities for students to learn from, engage in and reflect on service and social justice.
Volunteer Opportunities- CSJ works with community partners near the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses to place students in a variety of service environments:
Volunteer Opportunities -Rose Hill
Volunteer Opportunities - Lincoln Center
Service Learning- CSJ helps students connect academics to volunteers experiences in the community through the Service Learning Program.
Service Learning Program
Internship Opportunities- Students can obtain paid and unpaid internship opportunities through CSJ, working in a variety of social service environments.
Internship Opportunities
Post-Graduate Vocational Discernment- CSJ helps connect students to long-term volunteer opportunities after graduation, as well as nonprofit careers in the New York area.
Post Graduate Opportunities
Integrated Service-learning Community- CSJ has developed an Integrated Serivce-Learning Community located in the Belmont neighborhood in the Bronx where students committ to ongoing volunteering during the year and participate in weekly reflection and community building activities.
Integrated Service-Learning Community
Education and Literacy Training Program (Richmond, VA)
This is an education and literacy training for low income families.
Fair Trade Club (Cincinnati, OH)
focuses on education and action to promote trade practices that support human dignity, economic justice and international solidarity. Here on campus the club works to encourage the use of fair trade coffee and other products.
Family Counseling (Richmond, VA)
Through this project, Sacred Heart provides parent programs, day-care, and adolescent support groups.
Gesu Catholic School (Detroit , MS)
Gesu Catholic School builds a culture of success by facilitating the moral, intellectual and social development of each student in a Christ-centered, educationally stimulating, nurturing, and safe environment.
Gesu Catholic School (University Heights , OH)
Gesu Catholic School is a faith community in the Jesuit tradition, where education is the shared responsibility of the student, home, school, and community. Students develop into lifelong learners in a nurturing Christian environment focused on academic excellence, service, and personal growth.
Holy Trinity School (Washington DC, DC)
Holy Trinity School is a Catholic, co-educational elementary school (PreK-8) that is committed to the Jesuit traditions of educational excellence, the service of faith and the promotion of justice. Our community – school, parish and families – seeks to develop students who will manifest these traditions in an awareness of self, a love of learning and a desire to serve others. We prepare our students to act with initiative and integrity and to engage the world as a place in which God can be found in all things.
Homeboy Silkscreen (Los Angeles, CA)
Started in 1996, Homeboy Silkscreen & Embroidery is currently the largest division of Homeboy Industries, employing at-risk and formerly gang-involved youth, giving them job skills and a living wage to assist them to become positive, contributing members of society.
IMPACTO (Imaginado Mañana Pico Aliso Community Team Outreach) (Los Angeles, CA)
IMPACTO (Imaginando Mañana Pico Aliso Community Team Outreach) is an after-school academic enrichment program serving at-risk youth ages 6-18 in the Boyle Heights community. In an area plagued with poverty, a suffering public education system, and the threat of gang violence, the youth served by the IMPACTO program are provided with more than merely an after school program; they are given hope, encouragement, alternatives and a safe haven. The goal of IMPACTO is to motivate and inspire youth of Boyle Heights to develop as leaders in pursuit of education. Additionally, recognizing the importance of parent support to ensure our students complete high school and go on to college, IMPACTO provides personalized assistance for parents so that they are better equipped to deal with the often daunting educational system.
Ministry to Nursing Homes (San Francisco, CA)
Share time with the residents of local nursing homes through one-to-one visits and group events. Training provided.
Most Holy Trinity School (San Jose, CA)
We at Most Holy Trinity School draw all life in love to God through Worship, Prayer, Study and Good Works. As Catholic educators, we seek to emulate the teachings of Jesus and seek opportunities for prayer, model self-reflection and action. In a student-centered environment, we use best teaching practices to foster well-rounded academic growth and spiritual formation. This promotes practice of lifelong learning and interpersonal skills for each of our students; nurtures the spiritual, intellectual, technological, social, physical, and psychological potential of each member of our student community.
Notre Dame Elementary School (Santa Barbara , CA)
Notre Dame is a fully accredited Catholic Elementary School within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. We have a history of more than 100 years serving the community of Santa Barbara. Our school is located near the historic downtown area, close to museums, theaters, and many cultural landmarks. We offer Kindergarten through Eighth grade and have a licensed Preschool for children from 2 ½ years.
