Nurturing Faith |
Theology at Marist [a 4-year graduation requirement]
Studies show that teenagers today live in a culture that emphasizes the primacy of personal choice, even in religious matters. Recognizing this reality, efforts at Marist to encourage a lifelong practice of faith likewise relies on research, which indicates the following factors as most impacting:
Other opportunities for students to nurture one's faith at Marist include: Daily pray, weekly Mass, monthly all-school Mass, team/activity Masses, Eucharistic ministry, Proclaim Liturgical Choir, Retreat Program, Christian Service program, and excellence in athletics, clubs and extracurricular activities. |
Defining leadership |
Student Leadership Development
At Marist Catholic High School leadership emerges through the person of Jesus Christ as the model of Servant-Leadership. Our Christian vision calls all students to recognize that they have been created with a divine purpose to express their individual gifts, talents and abilities in active participation within their community. At Marist, Servant-Leadership facilitates intentionality of effort, decision and change rooted in Gospel values, an holds that all students are capable of exercising this kind of leadership. Regardless of academic or extracurricular setting, on campus or off, the Marist student who embodies Servant-Leadership utilizes personal resources in purposeful and communal collaboration resulting in practical action that builds relationships and serves others. Staff Mission Orientation and Faith Formation From initial orientation to the Marist mission at the beginning of their employment through continuous improvement and faith formation led purposefully by Marist Campus Ministry, all staff are nurtured by means of a retreat program and guided through faith formation to create a culture that animates the Marist mission. |