Campus Ministry
Archbishop Molloy High School Campus Ministry Program is a separate department that offers the Molloy student population opportunities to put religious values into action. It is branched into the following programs:
Latest News: November, 2007
Our Annual Coat Drive was a huge success- we were able to donate a record 620 coats to 3 different shelters. A huge thank you also for those who made such beautiful boxes for Operation Christmas Child- we collected 110 boxes for children all over the world.
Our Annual Toy Drive will begin on November 28th and will last until December 14th. Sponsor-A-Child forms will be handed out during homeroom, but anyone can pick up a form in the general office or Campus Ministry office to buy a toy for a child. A form is not needed though- anyone can buy a toy and bring it to the school. No used toys will be accepted. Toys will be donated to the Shelter, Catholic Charities, and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Please contact Mr. Germano in the Campus Ministry Office 718.943.3163 or e-mail him at mgermano@molloyhs.org for more information regarding these and upcoming events.
On behalf of Campus Ministry, we wish everyone a blessed Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2008.
LITURGIES
Provides our students with a chance to gather together to celebrate the Eucharist as one student body.
- Students make up a liturgy committee- creatively using various materials/props to turn gym into a place of worship.
- Year starts off with a ‘Mass of the Holy Spirit’ for each grade level.
- Liturgies for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Lent, Easter.
- Periodic prayer services are offered during lunch for each grade in our chapel.
- Lantern Program- a spiritual peer group every Wednesday after school in the chapel.
- Reconciliation service during Lent.
- Graduation Liturgy- Send off to our graduates.
EUCHARISTIC MINISTRY PROGRAM
Any Junior who is Catholic and is recommended by their parish, can apply to be installed as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion in their Senior year.
- Trained by attending workshops coordinated by the Diocese of Brooklyn.
- Will administer the Eucharist to the sick and elderly to 10 different hospitals/nursing homes this year.
- Serve at our liturgies and can also serve at their parish Masses.
- Year 2006- There are 38 students involved in this program.
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
BRIARWOOD SHELTER PROGRAM- For 15 years, Molloy students have been volunteering to tutor children at a local homeless shelter after school for 4 days a week.
- Our students serve as a big brother/big sister to these children.
- Nearly 100 students involved annually.
ST. MARY’S CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL A new program started in 2007 where students plan and organize different activities for the children at the residence.
MISSION COLLECTIONS
Periodically, we collect money/goods for local and world-wide missions.
- Coat Drive - Coats for homeless people- Year 2006 520 coats.
- Toys-for-Tots - Toys for the homeless children Year 2006 1600+ toys.
- Fast-a-Thon- Help out Marist Missions locally and worldwide Year 2006 $2500 raised.
- Also have Operation Christmas Child- care packages to be received by children around the world 2006- 100 boxes.
- 2006- $12,000 raised from MC; PLUS $4000 raised from Rock Aid.
RIGHT-TO-LIFE
A club that focuses on life issues such as abortion, euthanasia.
- Last year had two speakers come in, went to the March on Washington on.
- This year will focus on AIDS and genocide.
RETREAT PROGRAM
Our retreat program offers the student body a weekend tailored to meet some of the spiritual, recreational and communal needs of the student.
9 Retreats per year- 2 for each year 3enc. -voluntary - In Esopus 100 miles north of Molloy- Marist Bro. Retreat House.
Each grade level retreat a progression in spirituality- culminating in Encounter.
1/2 of the student population will have participated in retreats this upcoming year.
SUMMER CAMPS
For over thirty summer, the Marist Brothers have sponsored one-week summer camps for the handicapped. Last summer alone, over 800 handicapped children and adults had the opportunity for a week in the country in Esopus, New York, giving their families a much-appreciated respite. These camps serve the mentally handicapped, the deaf, children with cancer, and children with terminal illnesses. Student volunteers work at these camps, where there is a one-to-one ratio of counselors to campers. Some who started this program as students continue to volunteer as adults, bringing their wives and children with them.
For the campers, this program provides an opportunity that is truly unique, as most camps cannot accommodate their special needs.