SERVICE, JUSTICE AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Service Opportunities

Are you a person that believes that having faith means more than simply attending religious services?

Since 2002, Saint Peter's College Global Outreach (GO) teams have traveled to Honduras for two weeks of service and immersion. Students, faculty, staff and alumni serve in the communities of El Progreso and Guaymas.

GOT experiences the warm hospitality of Guaymas’ families who welcome us into their homes. In 2002 the team began by pitching in to build homes in town with victims of Hurricane Mitch and now spends a week teaching in Guaymas’ new elementary school. Team members also visit village residents in an effort to understand the culture and history of the local region. Another week is spent in El Progreso visiting and working in the various ministries supported through the Jesuit mission.

Check out the Office of Community Service and Service Learning  for local service opportunities. It is an excellent resource for all types of volunteer efforts from one-day events like walk-a-thons or soup kitchen service to tutoring kids all year long. Many of the students involved in Campus Ministry are active volunteers.

We consider justice education as central to service. The Offices of Campus Ministry and Community Service and Service Learning collaborate with Saint Peter's College’s chapter of Pax Christi and the Social Justice Program to encourage reflection on ways of achieving basic human rights and peace for all people.

Justice education can take many forms: a student organized academic forum on solutions to world debt; presentation of reflections on the Stations of the Cross which speak of suffering of God’s people; Mass in celebration of the love of Jesuit and El Salvadoran martyrs; Global Outreach prayer book on the team’s experience of service; Hunger Banquet to highlight root causes of and sustainable solutions to poverty; Ignatian Family Teach-in and witness at the School of the Americas, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Do you think it is important to be a leader?

Think about taking a leadership role in one of the above areas. We offer training, mentorship and special opportunities to attend conferences. Our goals in campus ministry extend beyond providing resources and activities. We intend to encourage you in your faith journey so that you can be a witness to hope. We intend to help you become competent and informed people who can in turn assist others to become "men and women for others", articulate values, and work for justice in the world.

JESUIT EDUCATED AND PROUD!