Stephanie Ware, a junior at Salesian High in Richmond, (foreground)
and Caitlin Meyer, a senior and student body president at Bishop O’Dowd
High in Oakland, organize the food pantry at Oakland Catholic Worker
during the Inter-School Council’s day of community service.
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By Voice staff
Student body presidents from all nine Catholic high
schools in the Oakland Diocese came together Jan. 29 for a day of service
at nonprofit organizations in the East Bay. The outreach was one of several
annual activities of the diocesan Inter-School Council. Made up of the
schools’ leaders, the Council also sponsors an inter-school Winter
Ball and an installation of student officers.
This year’s service retreat included nine additional students from
each school. Each student was assigned to a work team with a student representative
from each of the other schools. They gathered for prayer at Holy Redeemer
Center in Oakland, then drove to various nonprofit groups to help with
tasks from gardening to visiting the elderly. The event concluded with
the students reconvening at Holy Redeemer Center for a 90-minute discussion
on their service experience.
The organizations benefiting from their work were: Alameda Point Collaborative,
Catholic Worker in Oakland, Chaparral House in Berkeley, Davis Street
Center in San Leandro, Golden Age Retirement Home in Alameda, and Mercy
Retirement and Care Center, REACH, St. Martin de Porres School and St.
Vincent de Paul Dining Room, all in Oakland.
Claire Joyce, a junior at Carondelet High in Concord and Associated
Student Body (ASB) activities secretary, helps kindergarten students
Tatianna and Miguel at REACH, a K-3 school in Oakland.
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Marisela Esparza, a junior at Oakland’s Holy Names High and
a campus ministry leader, and Manuel Pardo, a junior at St. Elizabeth
High in Oakland, paint a door at the Oakland Catholic Worker house.
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ABOVE: Completing a garden clean-up at the Alameda
Point Collaborative are, from left, Regina Cliney, a sophomore at
St. Mary’s High in Berkeley and a student government team member;
Katie Teixeira, a sophomore at Carondelet High in Concord and ASB
commissioner of publicity; Will McAneny, a freshman at Bishop O’Dowd
High in Oakland, and Katie Rei, a freshman at Salesian High in Richmond.
RIGHT: Andrew Snyder, a sophomore at St. Joseph Notre
Dame High in Alameda, rakes leaves while Kyle Miller, president of
the freshman class at De La Salle High in Concord, gathers them during
a garden clean-up at Oakland Catholic Worker. |
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LEFT: Franny Harris, a junior at St. Mary’s
High in Berkeley and a student government team member, paints the
entry hallway at Oakland Catholic Worker. ABOVE:
Joseph Nufable, a sophomore at Salesian High in Richmond, encourages
kindergarten student Lamar at REACH, a K-3 school in Oakland.
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