Today, January 19, Notre Dame once again joins the nation in celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which honors the life and legacy of one of the great figures in modern American history.
King Jr. believed that acts of service were the great equalizer. “Everybody can be great,” he said, “because everybody can serve."
Service to the community always has been an important component to the education of Notre Dame students. Simply measure the many community and Christian hours of service spent annually by NDP seniors alone, and you come up with well more than 10,000!
Notre Dame students were in Detroit Saturday as part of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Black Catholic Ministries and Youth Ministry Day of Service.
The event kicked off at 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart Parish on Rivard St. in Detroit.
Della Lawrence, of Notre Dame’s campus ministry department, said the NDP students were part of a committed group who brought their own dreams for building the community of Detroit.
"All participants were sent out from Sacred Heart church to local parishes and community agencies to serve in the community for the day," Lawrence said. "Our group went to the Boulevard Manor nursing home on E. Grand Boulevard. The students organized visits with residents, organized bingo and one of our students, Katie Kauffman, even sang for the residents.” (video below)
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Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.