The Mission of Spiritual Life at Marmion

• To deepen each student's relationship with Jesus Christ.
• To foster the prayer life of each student.
• To teach commitment to service and compassion to those in need.
• To build Christian community among students, faculty, and staff.
• To emphasize involvement in ministry and encourage Church vocations.

How We Live out this Mission

• Mass celebrated daily during the school day
• The Sacrament of Reconciliation available daily as well as Penance Services during Advent & Lent
• Monthly Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction
• Daily Prayer in the classroom
• Spiritual direction & pastoral counsel offered by the Monks of Marmion Abbey
• Annual Class Retreats
• Liturgical Ministries: Altar Server/Reader at daily Mass; liturgical music; student leader for retreats; sacristan for the Student Chapel; extraordianry minister of Holy Communion (during senior year)

Campus Ministry Projects

• Regular nursing home visits to the elderly.
• Volunteer for Special Olympics
• Food drives for those in need are sponsored during the year. The proceeds go to Hesed House in Aurora, a shelter for the homeless.
• The Marmion Mentor programs provide tutors for Schneider Elementary School, North Aurora. Students tutor during study halls or lunch period.
• Big Brother Program -Older students are paired off with underclassmen to help them adjust to student life.
• Appalachian Work Trip -Students spend one week each summer working at Nazareth Farm helping the poor in Center Point, West Virginia. Students have a chance to work on home reconstruction and rehabilitation. The type of work includes additions, roofing, floors, painting, heating, electric, plumbing etc. Nazareth Farm is an association of the Roman Catholic Church formed in response to and rooted in the Gospel and Social Teachings of the Church. Their mission is to provide volunteers a communal experience of Church, as a center of reflection and prayer, while working to promote justice through the empowerment of the local community and the volunteers.
• Mission Trips to Central America. Students experience a two week cross cultural experience in Ecuador as well as at Marmion's mission in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

For more information...

On the Spiritual Life at Marmion contact Fr. Paul Weberg OSB

On Campus Ministry contact Bill Johnson

All-School Mass

Annual Class Retreats

Holiday Food Drive

Big Brother Program

Nazareth Farm