Faith & Spirituality
Prayer & Spirituality
Our school day begins with prayer, in which all are invited to pause, beginning the day with gratitude, to express the desire for the good of one another, and to call on Providence for all we need to meet the opportunities and challenges in front of us.
Providence of God, we believe in you;
Providence of God, we hope in you;
Providence of God, we love you with all our hearts;
Providence of God, we thank you for all.
The Chapel is open every school day, and provides a Sacred Space where students, faculty, and staff can enjoy calm, peace, and prayer.
Our school community gathers monthly to join in prayer. We gather for a prayer service or the celebration of Mass. Our student involvement in mass preparation and planning seeks to make our liturgies truly the “work of the people” so that prayer reflects our lives and becomes the source of our work of love and justice.
Retreats
Class Retreats
Through prayer, activities, and small group sharing exercises, each grade level spends one school day each year on a Class Retreat to enhance their spiritual relationships with others and God. Class Retreats are a day of recollection that provide students the opportunity to experience their class as a faith community.
Kairos
The Kairos Retreat is a four-day, three-night, overnight experience open to seniors who apply to participate. It is a highly structured program which includes talks by both faculty and student team members, small group sharing sessions, community prayers, celebration of the Eucharist and related activities.
Kairos Retreats provide soon-to-be-graduating young adults the opportunity for in-depth and honest reflection on their lives, experiences, as well as their relationships with family and friends and God. Alumni overwhelmingly affirm the retreat to have been a profound faith experience and a key touchstone of their time at Providence.
Campus Ministry Core Team
The Campus Ministry Core Team is comprised of student leaders from 10th to 12th grade who lead the student ministries integral to Campus Ministry events and activities. Student leaders play an essential role by providing student voice in planning, evaluating, and developing the programs and initiatives of Campus Ministry. As a team, Campus Ministry Core students facilitate discussions, give talks, and mentor their peers in the ministries that they lead. The Core Team invites all students to minister to their peers as altar servers, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, ushers, musicians, and cantors at our school masses and prayer services. Senior students who have experienced the Kairos retreat may become Kairos leaders, helping their peers appreciate this spiritual journey.
MEET THE TEAM
Lorenzo Dacanay
Director of Campus Ministry
Religious Studies Faculty
Janet Fontaine
Assistant Director of Campus Ministry