Give Your Heart Away
Feb. 10-12, 2012
Catholic Conference Center
Hickory, NC
Give Your Heart Away is a weekend of service for college students in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. Prayer, theological reflection, feasting and fellowship will accompany the service.
Some possible service activities...
Maintenance work at a small retreat center.
Cleaning/organizing at a women's resource center
sorting and stocking at local thrift stores
visiting with nursing home residents.
Wherever you serve, you will have the opportunity to be Christ's hands, feet, eyes, ears and merciful heart in the world today.
Why do we serve?
Catholic Social Teaching provides us with a rich understanding of why we reach out to others and the world around us. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops defined a set of principles that ground our service. These principles include the following:
Life and dignity of the human person
Call to family, community and participation
rights and responsibilities
option for the poor and vulnerable
dignity of work and the rights of workers
solidarity
care of God's creation
By giving our hears away this weekend we will have the opportunity to step into the shoes of others to see what life is like for them; or perhaps to help improve the situation of those in need; and certainly to assist the works of mercy of the Church.
Tentative work sites for 2012 include...
Habitat for Humanity
Women's Resource Center
Mary Vale Convent and Day Care Center
The Hermitage (Fr. Ed Sheridan's farm)
Lutheran Nursing Home
Catholic Conference Center
Please contact your campus minister to register or get more information!
Feb. 10-12, 2012
Catholic Conference Center
Hickory, NC
Give Your Heart Away is a weekend of service for college students in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. Prayer, theological reflection, feasting and fellowship will accompany the service.
Some possible service activities...
Maintenance work at a small retreat center.
Cleaning/organizing at a women's resource center
sorting and stocking at local thrift stores
visiting with nursing home residents.
Wherever you serve, you will have the opportunity to be Christ's hands, feet, eyes, ears and merciful heart in the world today.
Why do we serve?
Catholic Social Teaching provides us with a rich understanding of why we reach out to others and the world around us. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops defined a set of principles that ground our service. These principles include the following:
Life and dignity of the human person
Call to family, community and participation
rights and responsibilities
option for the poor and vulnerable
dignity of work and the rights of workers
solidarity
care of God's creation
By giving our hears away this weekend we will have the opportunity to step into the shoes of others to see what life is like for them; or perhaps to help improve the situation of those in need; and certainly to assist the works of mercy of the Church.
Tentative work sites for 2012 include...
Habitat for Humanity
Women's Resource Center
Mary Vale Convent and Day Care Center
The Hermitage (Fr. Ed Sheridan's farm)
Lutheran Nursing Home
Catholic Conference Center
Please contact your campus minister to register or get more information!
