Season 2, Episode 5: Students Serving People in Need

Teaching students about the importance of serving people in need is a core part of Catholic education. Across Western Washington, thousands of Catholic school students are learning this lesson with projects that are making an impact far beyond the confines of the classroom.This episode of "The Fulcrum Point" focuses on how Catholic schools are inviting students to live out their Catholic identity and faith through a variety of service projects. Just last year, during the 175th anniversary of the Seattle Archdiocese, Catholic school students contributed 138,000 service hours to help their communities!You'll hear from Connor Geraghty, an assistant superintendent for the Office for Catholic Schools for Mission and Catholic Identity, who's connecting middle school students with a service program called the Missionary Discipleship Institute. You'll also get insights from Elianna Lucas, Director of Campus Ministry and Theology at Archbishop Murphy High School in Everett. The SPIN (Serving People in Need) program she oversees not only encourages students to volunteer with service providers in their communities, it also builds leadership skills for soon-to-be-graduating seniors as they organize service projects of their own. And there's an inspiring story from Aida, an Archbishop Murphy student whose service project may lead to a full-time career of serving others in the future. Join host Brian Callanan to learn more about how Catholic school students are serving others on this episode of the Fulcrum Point.Find out more about Fulcrum’s work to support Catholic education at this link.