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Faith Life

Bishop Lynch has a vibrant faith life on campus, and the school’s Catholic Tradition and Dominican heritage of service are woven throughout the BL Experience.  

Faith Life at BL

Did You Know? 
Did You Know? 

Bishop Lynch is a diocesan high school with a Dominican charism. Dominican brothers who are in formation to become priests in the Dominican order visit our campus for quarterly Donuts with the Dominicans and for the occasional House Day. You can also find the Dominican brothers serving alongside our students in the local community at our monthly Service Saturdays.

Class Retreats 
Class Retreats 

Bishop Lynch High School has a wonderful tradition of hosting annual grade-level class retreats to promote faith, fellowship and fun.

Senior Retreat 
Held offsite in September, this full-day retreat provides time for class bonding, reflection, spirituality, and plenty of fun (think ziplines and bonfires). This is where memories are made! 

Junior Retreat 
Held at Bishop Lynch each spring, the Junior Women’s Retreat and the Junior Men’s Retreat provide daylong focuses on faith, fellowship and readying students to become the senior leaders on campus. 

Sophomore Retreat 
This springtime faith-filled retreat on the BL campus fosters connectedness and collegiality among the sophomore class. 

Freshman Retreat 
The annual Freshman Retreat is held in early September to introduce our newest students to Bishop Lynch High School’s total formational experience – with an emphasis on their spiritual and social needs. 

Mass 
Mass 

The BL community comes together for all-school Mass at least seven times during the school year, including holy days of obligation. Students are a big part of the liturgy participating as altar servers, lectors, proclaimers, cantors, and Eucharistic ministers. The BL choir also provides the music ministry for all-school Masses.

In addition, optional morning Masses are held on Wednesdays and Fridays before school in the St. Catherine of Siena Chapel. Students are integral to the liturgy of these morning Masses too.  

Student Chaplains 
Student Chaplains 

Every house and mentor group has a student chaplain to serve as a spiritual leader on campus. These student chaplains are dedicated to their faith-sharing roles, and they lead the school in morning prayer, serve as lectors and proclaimers during all-school Mass and organize spiritual and service-oriented activities for weekly mentor group meetings.

St. Catherine of Siena Chapel 
St. Catherine of Siena Chapel 

The beautiful and serene St. Catherine of Siena Chapel is located at the heart of the Bishop Lynch High School campus. Optional morning Mass and BL community rosaries are held in the St. Catherine of Siena Chapel, and this sacred space is always open for students, faculty and staff to pray and step away from the hustle and bustle of campus life.

Campus Chaplain

Fr. Mark Garrett

Meet Father Mark Garrett, BL’s campus chaplain. Father Mark celebrates all-school Mass, and offers morning Mass and Reconciliation before school. He is available to counsel and guide the BL community.  

Father Mark is a huge sports fan, and you can find him on the sidelines cheering for our Friars!
 

 

Director of Campus Ministry

Laura Gauthier

Meet Laura Gauthier,  the dedicated campus minister of Bishop Lynch High School.

She is passionate about bringing to life the Dominican pillars of prayer, study, community, and service through our retreat programing and on campus as a whole.

Come to the Campus Ministry Office to talk more about faith or simply to say hello!

About Campus Ministry

Affiliations

St. Catherine of Siena Institute  
Faculty and staff read "Forming Intentional Disciples" by Sherry Waddell, founder of the St. Catherine of Siena of Siena Institute beginning in the 2023-2024 school year within the Faith and Mission Integration Program of the Office of Campus Ministry. Within this program, referenced in the BL Strategic Plan, faculty and staff are formed as Intentional Disciples for their own lives and to be equipped in the formation of our students as Intentional Disciples (see p. 8 of BL Strategic Plan).

Dominican Educators Learning Community
Bishop Lynch maintains an association with high schools in the United States with a Dominican heritage and charism through a relationship with the newly created DELC (Dominican Educators Learning Community), a group within Dominican Veritas Ministries. This relationship continues a years-long affiliation with these schools from a former association that would previously accomplish a similar goal.