Life as a Novice: MINISTRY
An important part of Jesuit formation is ministry. One day a week in the fall, first-year novices visit the elderly, care for the sick, or work with immigrants and the homeless. Second-year novices choose their twice-a-week ministries; this year they worked as prison chaplains, advocates for the poor at a parish, and teacher's assistants at a grade school and a home for troubled youth.
As time permits, novices also help supervise the school playground next door, teach catechism, and prepare prayer services for the juvenile detention center.
Paul Vu brings his skills as a counselor and his caring smile to the elderly, including Ethel Minerich and Vivian Carlson-Uhler, at a Little Sisters of the Poor Residence once a week. |
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During a free week in their schedule after completing summer classes, novices, helped build a house in St. Paul with Habitat for Humanity. Working with parishioners from a Catholic and a Lutheran parish, they framed a two-story house from foundation to roof in one week.
Brian McAdam's first-year ministry involved preparing bags of food at The Aliveness Project, a center providing care, concern, and many services for people with AIDS. |
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