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Introduction - How to create an effective service learning project

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Introduction - How to create an effective service learning project

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We can sometimes have a tendency to view service projects as isolated events that start upon arrival at the service site and end upon exit. This tendency can mean a missed opportunity to make service truly transformational for both those who serve and for those served. I’m interested in how to make service transformational.

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The ideal service project will provide an opportunity for face to face interaction with those in need. While cleaning up litter or sorting food at the local pantry are good things to do, these types of projects also offer little potential for true transformation. The truth is that nothing can replace the experience of real interaction and relationship with real, living human beings. Just think about it: isn’t it easier to see the “face of Christ” in a homeless family at a soup kitchen or child at a tutoring program than in beneficiaries who are not seen or met?

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Choose a service project that leads to the empowerment of those served, with an emphasis on doing with and walking alongside instead of doing for. In other words, choose a service project that affirms the dignity of those being served, and which does not encourage an “us” vs. “them” mentality.  If you are looking for service sites, groups that are funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (www.usccb.org/cchd) make excellent service sites because of their emphasis on the empowerment of poor and low-income people to make a difference in their own communities.

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The service project should include structured opportunities for being in addition to doing. At a homeless shelter, students might be responsible for preparing and serving meals.  Paired with this “doing” part of the project, there should also be time for the students to sit down at table in the model of Christ and to eat and converse with those in need (i.e. “being”). For example, upon advance request, the director of the shelter may be able to arrange a structured opportunity for the students to hear the stories of some of the homeless individuals. The experience is sure to be meaningful for all parties involved.

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Kick off Meeting- for the students held in the spring  prior to the service trip. 

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Kick off Meeting- for the students held in the spring  prior to the service trip. 

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As part of FSC Week and in keeping with Friday’s theme of Respect for All Persons. The focus of the meeting should be on social justice / cultural awareness as it relates specifically to your particular trip.  Showing of a video, discussion of an article, or any other approach is fine – the key is to broaden their perspective in advance of the trip with regard to these two key areas.

25 minutes - all 175 sophomores in the auditorium

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Email to Adult leaders prior to  Commissioning Prayer Service

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Email to Adult leaders prior to  Commissioning Prayer Service

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Commissioning Prayer Service.msg - Audlt email reminder.docx

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Students and Parents
600 people - Fold in 1/2

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Handout

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Vendor - The Run Around

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Background Information

State of the City by Pew Charitable Trusts

http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/assets/2016/03/philadelphia_the_state_of_the_city_2016.pdf

Hunger Notes

http://www.worldhunger.org/hunger-in-america-2016-united-states-hunger-poverty-facts/

As Philadelphia's Median Income Increases, Staggering Poverty Rate Barely Budges

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Philadelphia-Poverty-Rate-Median-Income-Census-Statistics-394316301.html

Phila. rates highest among top 10 cities for deep poverty

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140925_Phila_s_deep_poverty_rate_highest_of_nation_s_10_most_populous_cities.html

Lasallian Mission/ Catholic Social Teaching Theory

Principles of Catholic Social Teaching

http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching.cfm

Lasallian Core Principles

https://www.lasallian.info/lasallian-family/5-core-principles/

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Lasallian is a term to describe a person who is personally fulfilling the mission set forth by Saint John Baptist de La Salle.

Being Lasallian is based on five core principles, in no particular order or priority:

1. Concern for the Poor and Social Justice

2. Faith in the Presence of God

3. Quality Education

4. Respect for all Persons

5. Inclusive Community

A Lasallian is one who can transform the general Christian call to discipleship into a personal vocation, living out in a specific way the call to make Christ present in the world of today.

This Core values need to present in the evening prayer service and reflection.

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Fall of Junior Year