The Heart of St. Dominic Christian Service Program
Christ centered & student-driven
Goals
Program Description
“Catholic Ministry is where a Catholic school enlivens and activates the identity that distinguishes a Catholic school from other settings.
[It] is called to plan and implement programming that mobilizes the community in prayer and action and that empowers students as well as faculty and staff to be active people of faith.” (Masterton and White, NCEA)
Goals
- To empower young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in our world today.
- To draw young people to responsible participation in the life, mission, and work of the Catholic faith community.
- To cultivate the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person.
Program Description
- Required hours for graduation (80, 60, 40, and 35 hours, rising freshmen to rising seniors, respectively)
- Required quarterly reflections on service in Theology classes
- Ability to earn a stole at graduation for completing two or three times the required number of hours
House System & Campus Ministry Service Opportunities
School-Wide Theological Reflections
9th-11th Grades
- Quarterly reflections completed in theology classes
Transfers
- Online packet to complete reflections on completed service
Senior
- Quarterly reflections completed in theology classes
- Final senior reflection
Christian Service Program Graduation Recognition
Steward
Required Level for Graduation
Required Level for Graduation
Current and Future Incoming Freshmen (Class of 2026 and future classes): 80 hours
Current and Future Incoming Freshmen (Class of 2026 and future classes): 80 hours
Rising Sophomores (Class of 2025): 60 hours
Rising Juniors (Class of 2024): 40 hours
Rising Seniors (Class of 2023): 35 hours (including 15 hours, or more, logged from freshman year)
Rising Juniors (Class of 2024): 40 hours
Rising Seniors (Class of 2023): 35 hours (including 15 hours, or more, logged from freshman year)
Disciple
Lavender Graduation Stole
Current and Future Incoming Freshmen (Class of 2026 and future classes): 160 hours
Rising Sophomores (Class of 2025): 120 hours
Rising Juniors (Class of 2024): 80 hours
Rising Seniors (Class of 2023): 70 hours
Rising Sophomores (Class of 2025): 120 hours
Rising Juniors (Class of 2024): 80 hours
Rising Seniors (Class of 2023): 70 hours
Missionary Disciple
Dark Purple Graduation Stole
Current and Future Incoming Freshmen (Class of 2026 and future classes): 240 hours
Rising Sophomores (Class of 2025): 180 hours
Rising Juniors (Class of 2024): 120 hours
Rising Seniors (Class of 2023): 105 hours
Dark Purple Graduation Stole
Rising Sophomores (Class of 2025): 180 hours
Rising Juniors (Class of 2024): 120 hours
Rising Seniors (Class of 2023): 105 hours
Dark Purple Graduation Stole
Students may qualify for the national level award program. The President’s Volunteer Service Award is an opportunity to honor our most outstanding volunteers and recognize the impact they make. For more information on qualifying service, visit https://presidentialserviceawards.gov/
ACCREDITATION
Faithful to Catholic Tradition and to our Dominican heritage of scholarship and service, Bishop Lynch High School promotes the development of the total person by bringing together a diverse community in a rigorous, college preparatory environment where students are taught to strive for excellence, seek truth, and work for justice in the world. - Founded in 1963