CAMPUS MINISTRY

The purpose of Campus Ministry at Notre Dame Preparatory (NDP)/ Marist Academy is to support and complement both school and family in their mutually integrative roles of faith formation and religious education, which extends to the lived faith experiences of students. A structured, well-rounded, and holistic campus ministerial program is provided, which assists in empowering the students to meet the vision and mission of the school community as stated below .

NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY/ MARIST ACADEMY MISSION

The vision and mission of NDP is to educate students within a highly identified Catholic and Marist-influenced, college preparatory high school environment; so as to become well-formed Christian people and upright citizens who actively contribute service to the community as academic scholars  thinking and acting in tandem, according to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ.

GOAL OF CAMPUS MINISTRY

Campus Ministry exists as an integral part of ensuring the mission of NDP, so that  as a community of Christian disciples students are formed, (according to a Marist spirituality), to become all they can be in the ways of Jesus Christ; [i.e., to become highly motivated, humble sons & daughters of God; evangelizers in the way Mary evangelized  who are light for the world & salt of the earth.]

MEANS
Working closely with administration and the religion department, Campus Ministry seeks to achieve its goal by instructing, encouraging, and actively supporting the individual student?s personal spiritual growth and development, as integrated within a uniquely identified Catholic and Marist-influenced environment of the Notre Dame Preparatory/Marist Academy school community. This, in turn, is achieved through the integration of four major components in the campus ministerial program:

• Liturgy
• Retreats
• Community Service
• Pastoral Counseling