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Christian Service
All young women must complete 50 hours of Christian Service before May 15 of their junior year. Many of our young women do much more. You’ll find Notre Dame Academy students serving at soup kitchens, working in parishes and churches, coaching sports teams, and teaching religious education classes. They also serve at hospitals, hospice, elder care centers, and throughout northwest Ohio and southern Michigan wherever there is a need.

Special Projects
Young women serve in Appalachia bringing Christmas to the families of Harlan, Kentucky. Notre Dame Academy students and their families donate gifts for almost 600 adults and children. They set up a toy store at the parish for families to secure Christmas gifts for their children and also host a family party where every adult and child receives a gift.
During the course of the year students of all grade levels serve others at longer periods of time. Several students spend their Easter break serving the less fortunate in David, Kentucky. Summer is also an important time for special service projects. Students work alongside the Sisters of Notre Dame ministry with migrant workers in rural northwestern Ohio. Students also serve those in need of Toledo through the Youth Elect Service (YES) project.

Community Service Course
Seniors have the option to take an intense semester-long course performing service during the school day in conjunction with the school’s mission to form women for leadership and service. Students must perform a minimum of ten hours to the poor in the Toledo Community. Important components to the course include reflection, discussion, and journal writing.

Pastoral Core Team
Composed of 15-20 young women of various denominations, they are the spiritual leaders of the school handling such projects as the Junior Academy retreat, school liturgies, and Founders’ Day Activities. They are also actively involved in the Spiritual Activities and Global Concerns Committees with their fellow students.

The Spiritual Activities Committee plans all prayer services, liturgies, and reconciliation services.

The Global Concerns Committee plans service and outreach such as the school’s work at Queen of Apostles, March for Life, and educates the student body on social justice issues such as homelessness. They encourage students to be physically involved to make a difference. Students solicit weekly mission collections and chooses agencies to receive mission funds.

Worship Opportunities Weekly liturgies during lunch Reconciliation is twice a year and offered at most retreats Prayer Services All School Liturgies Liturgies at all retreats and at other various times Daily whole school prayer Prayer before class begins Chapel is always open for worship Stations of the Cross (Lent) May Crowning Grandparents Day Mass