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Faith & Service

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One of Saint Ignatius’s most well-known and respected traditions is our students living out their faith through a variety of initiatives, programs, and retreats. Through the ministries of the Christian Action Team, Sophomore Service, Mission Trips, retreats, and social justice programming, the Jesuit motto of A.M.D.G.—“for the greater Glory of God”—springs to life.

Our Labre Ministry to the Homeless and Pallbearer Ministry have both gained national attention and spread to other high schools and universities across the United States. Students travel on domestic and international mission trips and lose themselves in service to others. Retreats send students off campus to grow in relationship with Christ, as well as their Ignatius brothers.

At graduation, Saint Ignatius students are charged with going forth into the world to do good and do well. After four years of putting their faith into action, they are primed to do as Ignatius Loyola himself said, and “set the world on fire.”

Christian Action Team

C.A.T. is the umbrella service organization at Saint Ignatius and gathers weekly for all students to discuss and share about those whom they serve. Programs include Labre, Pallbearers, the Christmas Food Drive and more than a dozen others.

Mission Trips

The Fr. Thomas Gafney, S.J. ’50 Mission Trip Program sends students to domestic and international destinations in pursuit of service, learning and faith-formation. These summer immersion experiences are open to students after sophomore year.

Retreats

All students complete class retreats as Freshmen and Sophomores before making an overnight retreat Junior year. Seniors are granted opportunities to lead retreats, like Kairos or Wilderness, which are based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.