Celebrating Mass and receiving the Body of Christ is like a breath of fresh air for our community.  It’s not a school event or an obligation, but the heartbeat of our Catholic identity.  Making the liturgy a true priority in the rhythm of our school life sets the tone for everything else we do in a Catholic school. As Campus Ministers and Catholic school leaders, we are called not only to help students attend the liturgy, but to teach them how to live from it.

If you had told me in high school that Eucharistic Adoration could change lives, I wouldn’t have known what you meant. But years later, that first encounter at a Steubenville conference became the turning point in my faith. Now, I’ve seen how the same encounter with Jesus transforms our students. I encourage every Campus Minister to give your teens the chance to sit at the feet of Jesus in the Eucharist. He will do the rest.

Without a lived faith, a Catholic high school is just another private institution. What makes it truly different is a community rooted in Christ, nourished by the sacraments, and alive with a Catholic identity that shapes its entire culture. Catholic identity is the root; Catholic culture is the fruit.