2.5 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Students have numerous opportunities to develop leadership skills in a variety of venues, including athletics, academic and classroom applications, and spiritual activities. Particularly essential to the work of Campus Ministry is the Retreat Team and the Christian Leadership Class, each involving approximately 40 upper-classmen. These students take on the responsibility of running retreats, the Lock-In, and numerous other peer ministry and mentoring activities. 2.6 SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT The Mission challenge to be directs us to be attentive to the spiritual “Christ-centered” needs of each student. By its nature, this attentiveness must include catechesis and a participation in the life, mission, and work of the Church as expressed through the school culture. Therefore, spiritual development is fostered first through the theology classroom, as well as through the formal Campus Ministry programs described above. Spiritual development is also guided on an individual basis by the Campus Ministry team as they engage in individual advising and mentoring, according to the needs of individual students. 2.7 PASTORAL CARE The highest form of service one can offer another is compassion, the virtue of the suffering Christ. This virtue is so honored in the Catholic tradition that it is considered the hallmark of a true Christian community. care” is being present to the real “Pastoral and day-to-day needs of the student community at Marist. Working with the Counseling Department, Campus Ministry utilizes a combination of structured and unstructured strategies to actively support students through their life stresses. These strategies include: the CARE Team, which offers support in times of loss, RESPONSE, a and intervention program, and individualized support as requested.
2.5 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Students have numerous opportunities to develop leadership skills in a variety of venues, including athletics, academic and classroom applications, and spiritual activities. Particularly essential to the work of Campus Ministry is the Retreat Team and the Christian Leadership Class, each involving approximately 40 upper-classmen. These students take on the responsibility of running retreats, the Lock-In, and numerous other peer ministry and mentoring activities. 2.6 SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT The Mission challenge to be “Christ-centered” directs us to be attentive to the spiritual needs of each student. By its nature, this attentiveness must include catechesis and a participation in the life, mission, and work of the Church as expressed through the school culture. Therefore, spiritual development is fostered first through the theology classroom, as well as through the formal Campus Ministry programs described above. Spiritual development is also guided on an individual basis by the Campus Ministry team as they engage in individual advising and mentoring, according to the needs of individual students. 2.7 PASTORAL CARE The highest form of service one can offer another is compassion, the virtue of the suffering Christ. This virtue is so honored in the Catholic tradition that it is considered the hallmark of a true Christian community. “Pastoral care” is being present to the real and day-to-day needs of the student community at Marist. Working with the Counseling Department, Campus Ministry utilizes a combination of structured and unstructured strategies to actively support students through their life stresses. These strategies include: the CARE Team, which offers support in times of loss, RESPONSE, a and intervention program, and individualized support as requested.
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