ICA Update
Campus Ministry
Senior Service Day
A Senior Service Day took place at the Ploughshares Nursery, an
organization affiliated with the Alameda Point Collaborative. In
preparation for the day, seniors learned about the APC’s mission to
end the cycle of homelessness, which includes offering job training
and work experience—as well as a home—to the people they serve.
Students spend a morning completing tasks at the Ploughshares Nursery, including
refurbishing gardens and cleaning out weeds.
60 seniors from ICA gave up a Tuesday sitting in classes to help an organization that serves others. Our
class was split into groups to complete multiple tasks to help the organization. I was the leader of a group
that was given the opportunity to clean up a memorial of a child that had passed away. Three years ago,
a mother lost her son to a drowning accident. The friends and families in the community decided to plant
a garden in his memory. With careful hands and a full heart, my team and I made sure that this memorial
was as beautiful as the spirit of the young boy. The experience was extremely rewarding, and it reminded
us that even by contributing in seemingly small ways, we are still able to make a world of difference.
—Juvilyn, ‘16
Thanksgiving Food Collection
In November, we participated in a holiday food drive for the SF Marin
Food Bank, which supports more than 30,000 households in the
community. Our drive lasted three weeks, in which we accepted
canned goods and dry foods. Through student generosity, we were
able to donate 520 pounds of food, enough for 433 meals. During
our food drive, we were educated about the constant fight against
hunger that many people face everyday. Just in San Francisco and
Marin alone, one in four people are at risk for hunger. §
Coach Sideco and her volleyball players volunteered at the SF Food Bank.
Campus Ministers are involved with:
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School Liturgies (lectoring,
preaching, prayers, processions,
movement, music)
Leading daily prayers (morning,
lunch, and afternoon) over the PA
Special Morning Meeting Prayer,
e.g. St. Martin De Porres, Our Lady
of Guadalupe, St. Catherine of
Siena
Reconciliation Services in Advent
and Lent
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Assisting Service activities
(Thanksgiving Food Appeal, Cash
for Kids, Toy Drive)
Singing with the choir
Setting/cleaning up for Campus
Ministry events
Weekly planning meetings
Leading training sessions for
future Campus Ministers
ICA Open House
Various Archdiocesan events
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Michigan Preaching Conference
and the Veritas MSJ Summer
Retreat in LA
Maintaining Campus Ministry
presence on social media
Updating Campus Ministry’s
notice board
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