CAMPUS MINISTRY

A central purpose of Salesian High School is to provide religious ideals and principles for its students.  Salesian is open to students of all faiths and creeds and is a religious school founded on the belief that happiness in this life depends on love of and service to God and neighbor.
Salesian teaches the Catholic Christian way of life, which recognizes that people are created by God and, through the merits and teachings of Jesus Christ, are destined to return to God.
What is important in our approach to faith?

1. An understanding of the proper use of time and talents.
2. A recognition that people are endowed with intelligence, free will and conscience to guide them in fulfillment of the moral law.
3. An awareness that each person is responsible for his or her conduct.
4. The idea that as a religious and social being each person has obligations to Church and society.
5. The belief that education, to be complete, must prepare the student for his eternal happiness and for a useful career in society.

It is to this end that the following religious programs and practices are offered to the student. The Coordinator of Youth Ministry (CYM) directs the religious formation program of the school.

Academic Study: All students take a Religious Studies course each semester at Salesian. These courses seek to go beyond the acquisition of religious facts to an understanding of the Christian faith as it is expressed in action.

Prayer: Each day the school community is joined together for a morning prayer acknowledging God's presence, and seeking God's help for individual and family needs. All classes begin with a short prayer.

The Youth Ministry program operates as follows. The Coordinator of Youth Ministry (CYM) together with the Youth Ministry Team, oversees, coordinates, and supports all areas of student involvement and ministry: Christian Service, Peer Ministry, Athletics, liturgies, retreats and religion. The CYM is specifically responsible for all ministries to young people on and off campus and is assisted by others in this work.  The Campus Minister and Coordinator of  Youth Ministry works in conjunction with a team of students to coordinate and plan liturgies, retreats, and Christian Service projects.  These students also assist in engaging students and others from the Salesian community to participate in these events.