All parents are invited to join the meal ministry for Marianist LIFE Nights. Each month, a group of parents plan and donate items to create a nice meal so that our students can gather in fellowship and nourish their bodies before they nourish their souls! Please consider donating an item or your time to help serve. These meals are truly a highlight of Marianist LIFE each month. To join our SignUp/mailing list, please email Barbara McKnight at mcknighteb@windstream.net 

Kairos Retreat is a retreat that truly celebrates and culminates our seniors' time here at STVM. It is an experience that many of our past seniors have shared was their best experience at STVM. Kairos means "God's Time" and is a retreat led by students for students. The talks and exercises of this retreat center around the revelation of God's love as we experience it in our lives. Adults participate as co-workers with a student team that is built from previous attendees of a Kairos retreat. These 4 day/3 night retreats are held at Loyola Retreat House in Clinton, OH.

The dates for remaining Kairos Retreats this year are:

January 19 - 22 (deadline for application and payment: Dec. 18)

March 23 - 26 (deadline for application and payment: Feb. 28) 

Kairos Applications and Retreat Forms are available to print here and are also available to pick up in the Campus Ministry office. Kairos Leaders will be speaking in Theology classes and answering questions, but If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Goshe.

3 New Sodality groups have begun!  We are looking to start a female freshman/sophomore group, a junior/senior male group, and a junior/senior female group.  What do you think? Is this you?  Please email Mrs. Goshe if this is you. 

Campus Ministry is seeking students interested in forming small faith sharing groups. The groups will be single-sex groups of 5 to no more than 8. The groups will commit to meeting for one hour, once per week. A Catholic mentor from outside the STVM community will, after receiving both ministry training and VIRTUS (the Diocesan program, Protecting God's Children) training, journey in faith with the small group. Groups will do an initial study and then, working with their mentor, determine the next faith step activity.

Students interested in learning more or becoming a member of a Sodality Small Faith Sharing Group should complete this Google form. If any students or parents have any questions about this new endeavor, please email Mrs. Goshe.

Campus Ministry would like to continue to increase the amount opportunities offered to pray together.  If you are interested in learning more about any of these opportunities, please email Mrs. Goshe.

Monday - Pray the Litany for Students (together or alone and wherever you are)

Tuesday - Divine Mercy Chaplet - 3pm - Pray it using Hallow App

Wednesday - 5 Minute Prayer in the LRC immediately after school

Thursday - 15 Minute Lectio Divina/Scripture Study during lunches in Campus Ministry Office

Friday - First Friday Masses at 7:15am, every other Friday Rosary at 7:25am. All day Adoration 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month (parents welcome).

Marianists believe that Mary is the perfect model of discipleship. She shows us how to love, trust, and follow Jesus better than any other human being. She also encourages us to "Do whatever He tells you." John 2:5

Feast of the Immaculate Conception - December 8 (Feast and Mass obligation are transferred this year to December 9)

This Feast is of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the patronal feast of the Marianist Sisters, the Daughters of Mary Immaculate. We also remember that it was on this day in 1800 that the first men approached Blessed Chaminade to form the first Marianist Sodality. On this day, the first members of the Society of Mary made private vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Pray the below Marianist Prayer and also click on the image to find a PDF of the Novena for the Immaculate Conception. 

Prayer: "Eternal God, in your gracious providence, you chose the Virgin Mary and her Immaculate Conception as a witness to your plan of salvation. Let the fullness of your grace bestowed upon Mary, enkindle in our hearts the light of hope, so that we may share it with all we meet. Let our lives be lives of gratitude, praise, and service. May we be leaders of your lasting peace in our Church and the world. We make this prayer through Jesus your Son. Amen".

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe - December 12

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. is when Mary appeared to Juan Diego near Mexico City in 1531. In 1999, Pope John Paul II decreed that Our Lady of Guadalupe to be the Patroness of the Americas. Please check out a terrific explanation of this apparition of Mary to Juan Diego and all the things they have discovered about the image that is still on the Tilma in the Cathedral in Mexico City.  

Prayer: God of power and mercy, you blessed the Americas with the presence of the Virgin Mary. May her prayers help all men and women to accept each other as brothers and sisters. Through your justice present in hearts and in our service to others, may your peace reign in the world. May the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit be glorified in all places through the Immaculate Virgin Mary.  

Marianist Links

Did you know that as a Marianist school, we are part of big family of Marianists across the United States and the world? STVM is just one of 19 Marianist high schools in the United States. To get a greater sense of our larger Marianist Family, please click here to read the latest publication of Marianist Family Online.

We also invite you to download the Marianist App for lots of great resources and information.

It is also important to understand why we, as Catholics, hold Mary in high esteem, call her our Mother, and ask for her intercession. This short video with Fr. Mike Schmitz gives a good introduction and explanation to help us to understand our relationship with Mary.