Montgomery Catholic Students Serve Our Community as Part of Lenten Day of Service

Working to clean up Ida Bell Young Park. 

“Even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve. And to give His life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28. Serving others in our community is not only the focus of Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School’s annual Lenten Day of Service, but has been a part of the school’s mission since 1873. 

Cleaning up at the Zoo.

More than 300 Montgomery Catholic students in grades nine through twelve along with faculty members spent a combined total of over 900 hours volunteering in the community the morning of Friday, March 27. Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School's High School campus celebrated mass together at the High School at 7:40 a.m. before leaving campus. The students worked at 11 locations around the River Region performing various tasks such as cleaning up trails at YMCA’s Camp Grandview, Camp Chandler,  and the Nature Center in Millbrook; working for Catholic Social Services, MANE, The Food Bank and completing projects on campus at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School among many other works of service throughout the community. The Montgomery Catholic Varsity Baseball team, who was at a baseball tournament in Orange Beach, also participated in the Lenten Day of Service by volunteering at Our Lady of the Gulf  Catholic Church in Gulf Shores on Friday.

The organizations and agencies served by Montgomery Catholic high school students in the River Region were: 

 Catholic Social Services, The Food Bank, MANE, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School and Ida Bell Young Park, The Montgomery Zoo, AWF - The Nature Center, St. Bede Catholic Church, The East YMCA, Camp  Chandler, Camp Grandview, YMCA Good Times Center.  Faculty Members escorted students at each location.

Overall, a wonderful day of remembering the importance of giving back to a community that has given so much to us.

Varsity Baseball with Father Carucci in Gulf Shores after helping clean up the Church property. 

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Mission:

Founded in 1873, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School is an integral part of the Catholic Church's mission to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.  As an adult community, we share in the responsibility to prepare students for college and beyond while helping them grow to become persons of faith, virtue and wisdom.