Service
As a Sinsinawa Dominican sponsored institution, each and every member of the Trinity community is expected to make service a part of her life. In order to assist in this process Campus Ministry :
- Works with the Student Activities Department and all club and organization moderators to organize and facilitate service opportunities that coincide with the mission of each group
- Assists faculty members in implementing service learning projects within their curricula
- Fosters connections with local organizations and regularly arranges service opportunities for student groups and individuals to minister to the community
Our service experiences range from Wii Bowling Tournaments with the elderly, to spending time with children at grade schools and aftercare programs, to planning holiday parties for people with developmental disabilities. Every student is encouraged to share her talents and passions with a local community who lacks those resources or abilities or holds common interests.
Each student should keep track of her service work by recording hours and activities on a Community Service Log Sheet. Log Sheets must be submitted to Campus Ministry by Friday, May 11th, 2012.
The Dominican Mission Trip
In the summer of 2011, 14 Trinity students, two faculty members and Sr. Michelle Germanson, Trinity’s President attended the first annual Dominican Mission Trip to Miacatlán, Mexico. Trinity partnered with the Friends of the Orphans and Regina Dominican High School to plan a mission experience centered on Dominican spirituality and values. The group lived at Casa San Salvador, a Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage, for the week. Each participant sponsored a godchild, a resident at the orphanage, and shadowed that child for the week. We played, laughed, prayed and reflected on our responsibility to working for justice.
The PeaceBuilders Initiative
Each year, Trinity High School sends several students to participate in the PeaceBuilders Initiative at Catholic Theological Union’s Bernardin Center in Hyde Park. The PeaceBuilders Initiative is a social justice program that empowers high school students to work for social justice based on the teachings of the Roman Catholic tradition. Students spend a summer week learning about Catholic Social Teaching, praying, and visiting one of several ministry sites. Each student is responsible to develop and implement a Peace Project throughout the following year that addresses an issue of social injustice within her local community. For more information, please visit the PeaceBuilders website.
This year, four students will represent Trinity at the PeaceBuilders Initiative:
Kitty Harrington, ’13
Francesca Zarcone, ’13
Katie Hazen, ’14
Natalia Valdes, ’14