Campus Ministry is a vibrant component of Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart that promotes our students’ spiritual development in the true sense of the Franciscan tradition. Campus Ministry provides opportunities for prayer and self-reflection throughout the year, and helps students understand and appreciate the value of giving back to their community through service to others.
Day of SHAring Adult Volunteer Form 2023Footprints Service Program Jesus Christ and the examples of St. Francis and St. Clare call us to serve the needs of the community. Through our Footprints Service Program, students provide community service, reflect upon their experiences, and understand the ministry of service in their own lives.
All students are required to complete 20 service hours annually and prepare reflections on their service experiences. Seniors also complete a senior reflection paper about their four-year service experience.
Campus Ministry helps students find appropriate service placements and maintains a list of more than 150 Western New York organizations and agencies that benefit from volunteers.
Religious ServicesMass is celebrated approximately once a month. Students, faculty and staff take primary roles in the liturgies, serving as altar servers, lectors, sacristans, Eucharistic Ministers, liturgical planners, and in the music ministry. Priests from area parishes and Christ the King Seminary are invited to celebrate the liturgy and the Sacrament of the Eucharist with our community. Mass is open to parents and alumnae of SHA.
The SHA community also holds prayer services throughout the year, including Advent, Lenten Reconciliation and Stations of the Cross. Additional prayer services seek God’s blessing and guidance for special events in the SHA community.
