 | Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy’s campus ministry program draws on the rich history and tradition of the Dominican Order, which was started by St. Dominic de Guzman more than 800 years ago in Spain. The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose carry on St. Dominic’s vision of Veritas (truth) through the four pillars of the Dominican Order: prayer, study, community and service.
We are proud of our Dominican heritage, and we are thankful for the gifts that our students and families bring to this community. Girls and families of all faith traditions are welcomed and embraced. (Click here to read more about how spirituality at FSHA affected two recent alumnae.)
The four pillars inform and inspire the work of the campus ministry program in many ways, including:
- Prayer: We set aside time in classes, assemblies, retreats and liturgies to join together in prayer. Special intentions for our students, families, community and world are remembered. Prayer is celebrated through spoken word, music and dance.
- Study: We cherish the fact that Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is a faith community within an academic setting. This setting allows students to study faith and spirituality within four years of religious study.
- Community: We celebrate our strength as a vibrant faith community, ensuring that we gather together to mark special religious, seasonal and academic occasions. Each grade gathers together multiple times during the year for retreats.
- Service: We expect each student and family to give back to their communities. While each student must complete a minimum number of service hours in a year, many go above and beyond through their continued service to the poor, the young, the elderly, the disenfranchised and the earth.
Students at each grade level participate in spiritual retreats led by adult and trained peer counselors, and these include one- and two-day retreats for underclasswomen, a four-day retreat to Catalina Island for juniors, and two days of prayer and a four-day Kairos retreat for seniors.
The faculty campus minister trains students to minister during liturgies, prayer services, retreats and community service opportunities. Each grade elects its own campus minister to lead peers in prayer during class meetings, while the ASB campus minister embraces the campus at the beginning of each day with a prayer over the public announcement system. Students are trained as peer leaders in the Living in Faith Experiences (LIFE) program, as Journey Leaders and as Kairos leaders — all of whom lead retreats.
May God Creator bless us.
May God Redeemer heal us.
And may God the Holy Spirit
fill us with light.
– Dominican Blessing
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