Christian Service

Service - Staying with the 3 “experiences” per semester.  An experience is a logged Mobileserve entry (more than holding a door) that is verified by a supervisor on site and then confirmed by Cathedral.  The focus should be on relationships created or what kind of a difference they made. 

This is taking the focus away from “hours,” however we are still asking for students to log the hours to assist them for college applications and scholarships later in their high school career.  Using “Mobileserve'' they'll log the hours of each experience, and they’ll have to include the supervisor of the experience so that person can verify they did indeed help.  The religion department will then approve the experience on our end in order for it to count.

You are allowed to log more than 3 experiences in a semester.  We hope each student will serve their community more than asked.

The first semester of freshman year, the school will coordinate those 3 experiences, but the second semester, we’re asking students to be more proactive in finding a way to connect to the community.

Retreat - All Freshmen will attend a mandatory one-day retreat that focuses on the parable of the mustard seed (Matthew 17: 12) held during the school day.  The retreat will be held during PSAT testing for sophomores & will be led by peer mentors and educators on campus.  

While at Cathedral, how will you grow?  Don’t wait to put effort into fertile ground.  Use the time wisely while here on the hill & support each other to grow in positive ways, closer to Christ, and allowing that faith in Christ to connect your class.

Service - Similar to freshman year, we’re asking students to gain 4 “Experiences” per semester with their community.  Each experience is a separate entry in Mobileserve.  Students will be expected to have a minimum of 8 Mobileserve entries during their sophomore year (with the goal of 4 per semester) so that students will find that in true service, you’ll find true joy.  We ask that students continue to log the hours spent, but we’re not counting hours, we’re counting the experiences logged.

The first week or two of the sophomore year, in their religion class, they’ll work with their teacher to create a service guide with the goal of crafting their service plan for the semester and year (with the students brainstorming where they can get their service experiences).

Retreat - Building on the freshman retreat, we’ll focus on the parable of the sower (Matthew 13).  Some seed will fall on fertile ground and grow, while others will fall in rough places.  This day will relive moments from their freshman retreat with a goal of reflection on each person’s personal growth while here at Cathedral.

This retreat will take place during one of their school days in their sophomore year. 

Service - This is the first year for a Junior/Senior’s capstone service project.  Each junior will take Catholic Social Teaching their first semester.  During that first semester we’re going to look at the pillars of CST.  The educators will then take those pillars and ask each junior to critically look into their own life and start to plan a Junior/Senior Service Capstone Project, which will be known as the Andre Project, as well all strive to continue the mission of St. Andre Bessette.

The Brother Andre project will focus on each junior’s passion, and then will look at where that passion overlaps with the world’s needs.  Second semester junior year, students will hold a service fair for the freshman/sophomore class.  This project will follow them from junior year into first semester senior year with a culmination of a Senior Symposium that highlights how each student’s passion has assisted or changed a community.  

Retreat - In the 2022-2023 school year, campus ministry is planning a mandatory retreat for all juniors that takes them to the campuses of the University of Notre Dame, Holy Cross College, and St. Mary’s College all in South Bend, IN.  This retreat will be a 2 day-1 night retreat that leaves from Cathedral at 8am on a Tuesday morning and returns at 3:15pm on a Wednesday afternoon.  The focus on this retreat will be God’s individual call to each of us.  It will overlap the CST pillars & hopefully allow them time to reflect on their own journey in life.

Due to the mandatory nature of this retreat, we are planning 3 separate retreats to ensure we don’t interfere with any extracurricular activities that any junior might be involved in.

Students will be placed in a retreat. *If there is an emergency, we can adjust their retreat date, but all athletic teams have been informed, so missing practice is allowed.  Each retreat date will take no more than 110 students.

Junior Retreat:
   August 30-31, 2022
   September 27-28, 2022
   November 29-30, 2022

Service - Because we have yet to instill the Senior Service Capstone, the 2022-2023 senior class will still be asked to take in 15 service hours for their year.  Those hours can be found here on campus in helping others, or at local parishes, food pantries, senior assisted living homes, or other various organizations found around Indianapolis, IN.

  Seniors will log their hours in Mobileserve to keep track.  Hours will need to be approved by the supervisor on site of the service first before their religion teachers will approve it on our end.

*To receive their diploma, graduating Seniors will need to have logged a total of 30 hours between Junior and Senior year (a minimum of 15 hours their Senior year).

Retreat - The Cathedral Christian Awakening Senior Retreat is a highlight for so many who have walked the hallways here at Cathedral.  It’s not mandatory, but it is highly encouraged to sign up for a senior retreat experience while here.

Retreats are a 4 day-3 night experience when we take the students up to St. Joseph Retreat Center in Tipton, IN.  Cathedral takes care of the transportation to and from the retreat center.

Students must use their Cathedral email account to register for one of the following retreats (retreats do fill up and are first come, first serve).

Retreat dates are:
   September 13-16, 2022 (Tuesday - Friday)
   October 25-28, 2022 (Tuesday - Friday)
   January 10-13, 2023 (Tuesday - Friday; J-Term part 2)
   January 31 - February 3, 2023 (Tuesday - Friday)
   April 11-14, 2023 (Tuesday - Friday)

Cathedral High School uses MobileServe to track student service experiences. MobileServe makes it easy to document and verify students’ impact, as well as help match them with volunteer opportunities in their community.

Please visit app.mobileserve.com to go to MobileServe in order to login or create your account.

Are you a service organization looking for volunteers? Sign-up to on the Community Partners side of MobileServe!

Questions? For Community Partner support, email community@mobileserve.org - for general support inquiries email support@mobileserve.org