Faith Development
 

Guiding our young women in our Catholic faith traditions and in our Catholic theology is a priority at the Academy. Daily prayer, monthly eucharistic liturgies, traditional rituals, a required religion curriculum at each grade level and required service hours are standard at SJA.

Following are examples of co-curricular activities and other opportunities for faith development at SJA.

Retreats    
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
  • Teacher (optional)
  • Student Ministry (optional; end of the year)

Freshman Retreat Junior Retreat

Masses/Prayer Services    
  • Welcoming Prayer Service
  • Service Mass
  • Candlelight Service
  • Multicultural Mass
  • All Saints Mass
  • Advent Program
  • Immaculate Conception Mass
  • Lenten Mass
  • St. Joseph’s Day Program
  • Father-Daughter Day Mass
  • Holy Thursday Prayer Service
  • May Crowning Service
  • Senior Mass
All Saints Day Multicultural Mass

Summer Immersion Trips    
  • Mission Honduras Summer Trip
  • St. Anne’s (Klagetoh, Arizona) Christmas Week/Summer
  • Cordoba
  • Nicaragua
  • New Orleans
Cordoba Klagetoh

Student Ministry    
  • Workshop with diocesan high schools
  • Monthly meetings
  • Optional retreat
  • Elementary school retreats
  • Confirmation retreats
  • Underclassmen prayer groups
  • Faith sharing each week at lunch hours
Student Ministry Workshop Student Ministry Workshop

Reconciliation    
  • Twice a year (fall and spring)






Reconciliation Father Shelton

Lenten Programs    
  • Celebration of Eucharist before school
  • Scripture Sharing





Lenten Season Holy Thursday Prayer Service

Rosary    
  • Every Thursday morning at 7 a.m.







Pray the Rosary Pray the Rosary

Service Programs    
  • Serve Together: focuses on poverty in the Baton Rouge community and enables students to learn about, reflect on and give service in the areas of education, health care and criminal justice.
  • Adopt-A-Family: Christmas outreach project for needy families (through Catholic Community Services)
  • Service Directory for required service
  • Faculty/Staff Service Day
  • Senior Service Day
Serve Together Serve Together

Workshops    
  • Student Ministry
  • Liturgical workshop for Liturgy Committee, Liturgy Choir, Liturgical Dance and Cantors




Mass Liturgical Dance

Teacher Spiritual Formation    
  • Lenten prayer group
  • Faculty/Staff Retreat





Faculty Staff Retreat Faculty Staff Retreat

Summer Opportunities for Spiritual Formation Trips for Students/Teachers    
  • Notre Dame Vision
  • Catholic Leadership Institute
  • MDA Camp
  • Volunteen Summer Camps


Notre Dame Volunteens

Ministry Group/Clubs at the Academy      
  • Student Ministry
  • Liturgy Choir
  • Liturgy Committee
  • Liturgical Dance
  • Amnesty International
  • Students for Unity
  • Respect Life Club


  Students for Unity Catholic Schools Mass


 

 

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