St. Paul Catholic High School Christian Service Formation Program

Community Service Hours at St. Paul

Each student at St. Paul is expected to respond to the Christian call to service. 

Community service is required of every student and completion is mandatory for graduation.

A minimum of 15 hours of community service each year is required for graduation from high school.
Students must devote five hours of service to the St. Paul community (Falcon Hours) and
five hours to the larger community (Faith in Action) in the spirit of social justice/corporal acts of mercy.
Students have the flexibility to devote the remaining five hours as either Falcon Hours or Faith in Action Hours.

Students must submit a proposal to the Campus Minister and have the proposal approved before completing their service hours. All service hours logged by students will happen through the MobileServe web portal/app.

Transfer students are not required to make up service hours from previous school years in which they did not attend St. Paul. For students that transfer in midyear, service hour requirements are prorated at the discretion of the Dean of Academic Life.

Students must be up to date on their service hours by June 30th of each school year. Students failing to complete their service hours requirement will be placed on academic probation for the following school year.

mobileserve logo

St. Paul Catholic High School uses MobileServe to track student participation in our service learning program.
MobileServe makes it easy to document and verify students’ impact, as well as help match them with volunteer opportunities in their community.

Click Here to go to MobileServe and download the app directly to their iPad and then login or create their account.

Community Service Opportunities

 

 

 

St. Luke Parish CAr Show - 9/13
Falcon Hours
Date: Sunday, September 13
St. Luke School in Southington, CT is seeking volunteers for their Car Show.  There are several opportunities for FALCON HOURS in the sign up.
 
⏱️ See information in sign up genius
👔 Students must wear St. Paul spirit wear
 
Please feel free to sign up for more than one session.
When requesting service please confirm with Joan Tortora, jtortora@school.stlukect.org

 

St. Luke Parish Picnic - 9/20
Falcon Hours
Date: Sunday, September 20
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: St. Luke School Property
Address: 99 Bristol Street, Southington
 
We are seeking youth volunteers for the following tasks and time slots:
 
Saturday, September 19
Setup Crew  9am to 12pm
  • Assist with setting up tables, chairs, and grills for the picnic.
Sunday, September 20
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Help prepare and organize food and supplies for the event.
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Bus tables and assist by delivering materials and supplies to the cooking and serving areas.
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Help with cleanup and putting away tables, chairs, and other equipment after the picnic.
This is always a great parish event, and we would love to have the youth involved in making it a success.
Whether you can help for one shift or multiple shifts, your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Your students can work partial shifts
If you would like to volunteer, please emailand let me know which time slot(s) you are able to commit to. Mr. Griglun can also be reached at 860.919.5545.
 

 

boys and girls club volunteering - Ongoing
As a follow up to the Boys and Girls Club presentation to the student body, if you would like to get involved at the Bristol Boys and Girls Club including volunteering, please email Ms. Jessica Killean if you are interested. Her email is jkillean@bbgc.org.
 
The phone number at the Boys and Girls Club is 860-540-3117 if you would prefer calling.
 
Again, this a great opportunity for students who are looking for service hours and a nice way to build relationships between St. Paul and the Boys and Girls Club.
 
When emailing Ms. Killean, please use your St. Paul email address so that he knows it is coming from a St. Paul email address.
 

 

Vacation bible school - St. Joseph church & school 7/20-7/24
VBS will be held at St. Joseph Church and School 335 Center Street, Bristol.
 
Dates will be July 20-24 from 8:30-12,
Set up the Sunday before and the Sunday after for performance and clean up.
You would earn approx. 20 or more service hours.
 
If you are interested please reach out to:
Kimberlee Donahue
860-582-2888
Donahue@stjosephbristol.org

 

Meals for neighbors - zion lutheran church, bristol
St. Paul Mission Club cooks and serves a meal at Zion Lutheran's Meals For Neighbors program on the second Monday of each month (unless there is a school closure for holidays or weather - dates are noted below). We strive to be creative in the menu options but also keep it simple enough that anyone can participate.
 
Mrs. Zillich, Mission Club advisor, is a Serve Safe certified manager.
 
Faith In Action Hours 
Transportation is the responsibility of the family/student.
3:00pm-5:30pm
9/14, 11/9, 12/14, 1/11, 2/8, 3/8, 5/10
 
Permission slip for each date should be filled out and handed to Mrs. Zillich. 
 
 

 

Sewing club community service hours
  • Students can earn Faith in Action hours when they crochet, knit, quilt or tie blankets for Project Linus. Their mission is to "Provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.” Project runs entire calendar year.
     
  • Sew drawstring bags and other items for Days For Girls and earn Faith in Action hours. We sew items at school September through May. There is also a monthly 3-hour sew along on the second Saturday at Simsbury United Methodist Church.
     
  • Earn Falcon Hours when you contribute handmade items to go in themed baskets that will be donated to the school for the Gala or Golf Tournament auctions.
No experience necessary, we will provide instruction and materials when available or makers can buy their own supplies.
 
Check in with advisor Mrs. Zillich to sign up to help.

 

Food Pantry (On-Going)
3-4 students are needed to help at a local food pantry. Cleaning, sorting and stocking the food pantry at Our Lady of Hope Church in Harwinton.
 
Please email Mrs. Schatz 3 TIMES & DATES THAT YOU ARE AVAILABLE to volunteer. No Tuesdays or Thursdays. Email her directly at leahmark@bellsouth.net to sign up for the opportunity.
 
Faith in Action

 

 

Philosophy of the Program

The Christian Service Formation Program at St. Paul Catholic High School strongly embraces the call of the Second Vatican Council, and in particular the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes) which “binds us to make ourselves the neighbor of every person without exception and of actively helping him when he comes across our path, whether he be an old person abandoned by all, a foreign laborer unjustly looked down upon by all, a refugee…or a hungry person who disturbs our conscience by recalling the voice of the Lord, ‘As long as you did it for the least of my brethren, you did it for me (Mt. 25 :40) ‘ (GS 27).”

Our Christian Service Formation Program has three components, each with a particular focus:

  • Faith in Action
  • Falcon Service
  • St. Paul Outreach

Each student at St. Paul is expected to respond to the Christian call to service. Community service is required of every student and completion is mandatory for graduation. A minimum of 15 hours of community service each year is required for graduation from high school. Students must devote five hours of service to the St. Paul community (Falcon Hours) and five hours to the larger community (Faith in Action) in the spirit of social justice/corporal acts of mercy. The students have the flexibility to devote the remaining five hours as either Falcon Hours or Faith in Action hours. Students must submit a proposal to their religion teacher and have the proposal approved before completing their service hours. All service hours logged by students will happen through the MobileServe web portal/app.

The objective of the Christian Formation Service Program is to help students understand their individual and corporate role in building the Kingdom of God. As is said in the Purpose and Vision for Catholic School Education, one of the fundamental purposes of a Catholic school education is to “Graduate students prepared to become productive, virtuous citizens and Church leaders who will fashion a more humane world.” It is important that, in the process, students come to appreciate that this service is not about “giving back” although we want them to be grateful, rather their service is geared towards the building up of the community through a spirit of generosity.

 

 

Participating Agencies

  • Alzheimer Center – Southington
  • B.A.R.C. – Bristol
  • Har Bur Middle School – Burlington
  • Bristol Hospital – Bristol
  • Linden Street School – Plainville
  • Edgewood Elementary School – Bristol
  • St. Matthew School – Bristol
  • Greene Hills K-8 School – Bristol
  • St. Joseph School – Bristol
  • Holy Family Retreat Center – Farmington
  • St. Peter/St. Francis School – Torrington
  • Humane Society – Meriden
  • Southington Catholic – Southington
  • Derynoski School – Southington
  • Northeast Middle School – Bristol
  • UCONN Medical Center – Farmington
  • Sacred Heart School – New Britain
  • New Britain Hospital – New Britain
  • United Way of West Central CT – Bristol
  • Sacred Heart School – New Britain
  • St. Brigid-St. Augustine Partnership School – West Hartford
  • St. Anthony School – Winsted
  • West Bristol K-8 School – Bristol
  • Franciscan Life Center – Meriden
  • Bristol Boys & Girls Club – Bristol