Mrs. Sara Smith, Campus Minister
603-224-7418,
ext. 282
Faith
Campus Ministry Spiritual Life Retreats Community Service
Campus Ministry
The Campus Ministry program supports the faith and spiritual dimensions of high school life. It is an integral part of the program at Bishop Brady High School. The office of Campus Ministry provides faith experiences which facilitate the integration of classroom knowledge with life's daily concerns.
To Youth, With Youth, By Youth, For Youth within four foundational pillars.
Diocese of Manchester
Speak, for your servant is listening. 1 Samuel 3:10
Pastoral Care
The Campus Ministry office provides an open and safe place for students and faculty to find comfort and a listening ear. It is a private and quiet environment for the school community to de-stress from the day-to-day pressures or to find support for major crisis that occur during the school year.
Spiritual Life
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! Psalm 95:2
Masses and Prayer Experiences
- We begin each day with a short prayer or reflection.
- Special intentions can be requested through the Campus Ministry office.
- Faculty and staff join together in prayer to begin meetings.
- Monday Morning Meetings begin with prayer
- Open houses and special events begin with prayers that reflect the intention of the gathering.
- Masses and prayer services are celebrated in the gymnasium or in the chapel. These occur on Holy Days as well as for significant events during the school year.
- Advent and Lenten Reconciliation are offered
- Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at monthly adoration
- Morning mass periodically during the year
- Student and faculty retreats
Retreats
You're my place of quiet retreat; I wait for your Word to renew me. Psalm 119:114
Faculty retreat
The faculty retreat is held in August before the official start of the school year. It is an opportunity for the entire staff to gather together in prayer, reflection, and dedication for our students and for the success of the school year.
Student retreats
Class retreats are held annually for each grade level.
- Freshmen theme: On the Edge of an Adventure
- Sophomore theme: You are a Gift from God (a self-esteem retreat)
- Junior theme: Christian Leadership, Stepping up to the plate of senior year
- Senior theme: Tattoos on this Town (The Marks and Legacy that Seniors leave on our school as well as what Bishop Brady leaves on them for their future endeavors)
- Kairos: a two-and-a-half day overnight retreat experience. Junior and senior retreatants have an opportunity to see the value of their faith as lived and experienced in community. With the support of that community, they can more effectively look within themselves and discover their true worth as a person in relationship with their God, their faith, their family, and their friends.
T.A.U - Teens About Understanding
The TAU Cross is a symbol of peace much beloved by St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of this Campus Ministry Club. As members of TAU, students are encouraged to implement the Catholic Philosophy through meetings, prayer, and action. Together with the Campus Minister they will come to understand their call to be truly alive in Christ. Our Faith in Action is lived through many community endeavors including:
- Operation Santa: provides Christmas gifts to 140 children in need
- Thanksgiving Food Drive: supplies 20-25 food baskets for families in our immediate need based neighborhood.
- Canned Food Drives: held twice a year to support the NH Food Bank and “Got Lunch Program”
- Campus Ministry “Baby Shower”: donated gifts to benefit mothers in need
- Yearly Bake Sale: raising awareness and need for various causes (e.g. ALS, Cystic Fibrosis, etc.)
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.
Deuteronomy 16: 17
Community Service Requirements
A major focus of Bishop Brady's mission is the tenet of service. In fulfilling this, Brady requires a service component in the Theology Curriculum that seeks to establish a habit of service and an experience of a conversion of heart in giving of ourselves to others. A successful program allows the volunteer to connect with the people he or she serves and to understand the purpose and need for giving of ourselves. All service should be personal and should emphasize the preferential option for the poor and vulnerable. These principles are inherent to the Gospel:
Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, "I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."… The King will reply, "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”
Matthew 25: 35-36, 40
To learn more about Brady's service requirement, please open the 2022-2023 Service Handbook found in the right column of this webpage.
Bishop Brady High School is returning to a 25-hour requirement for the 2022-2023 year. Summer service needs to be approved in advance by Mr. Bergeron.
Please email him details of your planned service and await his approval to begin.
Service - Faith in Action
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. Deuteronomy 16: 17
Community service is an integral part of the Bishop Brady vision. We have many service opportunities for our students. Community leaders are encouraged to contact the Campus Minister if they are in need of volunteers. Because we are called by Jesus to serve, our students provide thousands of service hours at a variety of community based organizations as well as initializing spontaneous service in times of unexpected need.
Operation Santa
This is a special project that Bishop Brady has supported for many years. Parents, students and faculty/staff undertake this service program which provides Christmas gifts to 130 underprivileged children from the State of New Hampshire. Brady works in collaboration with the State of New Hampshire Employees Union.
Portfolios
All students are required to complete 100 hours of community service throughout their four years at Bishop Brady High School. Further details about this can be found in the Student/Parent Handbook and Program of Studies. Their work is encapsulated in a portfolio.
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Each year, the Brady community sponsors a food drive that supplies 20-25 food baskets for families in our immediate need based neighborhood. This program is a favorite of the students because they can see the fruits of their labor from the inset of collecting food, assembling the baskets, and the actual delivery to the families.
Bishop Brady High School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs
