Service

At Most Holy Redeemer School, we regularly engage in service for our community and the common good. These service opportunities take many forms and involve our littlest learners all the way up to our graduating 8th graders. Our students regularly participate in parish-wide service events, community service projects, and with their own families.

Examples of all school service projects at Most Holy Redeemer include:

• Making holiday cards for the homebound
• Writing letters to our newly baptized
• Writing thank you cards to our parish ministry members
• Making appreciation gifts for parish ministry members
• Setting up for MHRts Night
• Holiday Food and Clothing Drives
• Paper recycling initiative
• Food waste recycling in the lunchroom

Examples of service projects competed by 7th and 8th grade students at Most Holy Redeemer include:

• Making sandwiches for Su Casa
• The Harvest Sunday food drive
• Making and serving lunches at the Ronald McDonald House
• Volunteering at the Evergreen Park Libary
• Blanket making for Pro Labore Dei
• Volunteering at the MHR Carnival

7th graders are required to complete at least one parish related service project and one independent project.  They are required to write a reflection on their projects.

1. Parish Service–students must do service for our parish. Serving as a carnival volunteer (in the summer prior to the academic year) and other projects done specifically for our parish will satisfy this required service.
2. Independent service–students must do service for the community, their school or a neighbor.

Service required for Confirmation is described further in the Confirmation packet that 8th graders receive at the initial Confirmation meeting. More information can be found on the School of Religion website.

Each Confirmandi will be asked to participate in service activities that reflect the Works of Mercy. Students must complete the 4 types of service listed and 4 service reflection papers before Confirmation as they will be taken into consideration for the student’s Religion grade.

1. Hands on Service–minimum 6 hours, a hands on project involves doing service for someone or a group you would normally not deal with. (nursing home patients, children or adults with special needs, people who are homeless at a shelter; young children for special occasions)
2. Group Service–group service is coordinated through the Director of Religious Education. Students must choose 1 of the 4 group dates to attend. Project includes attendance at Mass, a service project in Adamich Hall, followed by a social dinner. Sign-ups for these projects take place in the classroom.
3. Parish Service–minimum 2 hours, students must do service for our parish. Serving as a carnival volunteer (in the summer prior to the academic year) and other projects done specifically for our parish will satisfy this required service.
4. Independent service–minimum 4 hours, students must do service for the community, their school or a neighbor, but it does not need to be hands on.

Please click here to download a copy of the 7th and 8th grade service log.

If you have an idea of or a need for a service project to be completed, please contact our Director of Religious Education.