Faith Life at Notre Dame de Sion High School

Notre Dame de Sion is an independent Catholic school. Catholicism permeates our school curriculum especially through such values as the regard for human dignity, respect for both the life of the mind and the life of the body, the centrality of charity and justice. Prayer and liturgy are critical in the faith formation of students, and, at Sion, faith formation assumes that prayer and liturgy are rooted in a loving, intelligent and informed use of Scripture. As a school mindful of minorities and the marginalized, every effort is made to ensure inclusiveness in prayers, readings, reflections, and songs.

The high school offers weekly morning Masses before the academic day begins, and monthly all-school liturgies to include Masses and ecumenical prayer services. Students serve in liturgical roles at mass. We encourage families to participate in school Masses. We honor fathers, mothers, grandfathers, and grandmothers during special Masses throughout the year.

An atmosphere of affirmation, love, and trust challenge and enable Sion students to graduate with the inner qualities of self-esteem, self-respect, self-confidence and a sense of integrity. This helps prepare them to value and assume social responsibility intelligently and effectively. Sion students participate in overnight retreats their freshman and senior years. Sophomore and junior years there are class retreats off campus during the school day. Upon completion of Peer Ministry course junior year the girls are prepared to mentor the incoming freshmen on retreat and at monthly meetings. All senior students are offered the opportunity to attend a four day, three night Kairos retreat. Kairos is translated to “God’s time.” Students are invited to step out of “chronos time”—a time of clocks, schedules and deadlines, and unwind to a time of prayer, small group discussions and reflections offered by their peers. Kairos offers the girls a chance to grow in the knowledge of God, self, and others.

 

For more information about faith life at Sion, please visit our Campus Ministry and Service Learning sites.