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The Community Service Corps (CSC) is a unique organization in the United States. Housed in the archdiocesan and private high schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, CSC provides opportunities for high school teens to put their faith into action through service. It is an extra curricular activity which requires the teens’ most precious commodity- their time. After school and on weekends, young people gather to serve in their schools, parishes and local communities. Through CSC young people experience a deepening of their faith and a realization that the call to serve is not for a privileged few, but for everyone.
History
Conceived in a period of great social concern in 1965, the main thrust of CSC was to give young people a vehicle by which they could serve their neighbor in ways appropriate to age and within context of the Church. The CSC had humble beginnings. A group of concerned citizens, including some faculty members at Cardinal Dougherty High School, engendered enthusiasm for and involved the students in other-oriented activities. The movement “caught on” and we see today these first beginnings multiplied a hundred fold.
History
Conceived in a period of great social concern in 1965, the main thrust of CSC was to give young people a vehicle by which they could serve their neighbor in ways appropriate to age and within context of the Church. The CSC had humble beginnings. A group of concerned citizens, including some faculty members at Cardinal Dougherty High School, engendered enthusiasm for and involved the students in other-oriented activities. The movement “caught on” and we see today these first beginnings multiplied a hundred fold.
Mission- Putting Faith Into Action
The overall goals are:
- To foster self discovery, self growth and self acceptance of the teens and a knowledge of how God loves them and has a plan to work through them to show His love for others
- To bring teens closer to Christ through service
- To help participants work together efficiently to build a better community
- To encourage members to accept their responsibilities as leaders and servers in the Church and civic community
Areas of Service
In order to address the needs in today’s world, to allow for the development of each student’s own unique gifts and to create a comprehensive ministry, individual CSC units are asked to provide different opportunities to serve in the following areas of service:
In order to address the needs in today’s world, to allow for the development of each student’s own unique gifts and to create a comprehensive ministry, individual CSC units are asked to provide different opportunities to serve in the following areas of service:
- Programs with Children
- Programs with Persons with Disabilities
- Programs with the Elderly
- Programs with Peers
- Programs with the Economically Disadvantaged
- Programs to benefit the Environment
Lord,
Thank you for the great gifts of this world, especially for the gift of each other.
As we grow in community through the love for one another,
give us the strength to accept the challenge of service
Help us to realize the needs of the disenfranchised
and deepen our commitment to meet those needs.
Never let us become preoccupied with our human accomplishments
but teach us to know that all things come from you.
Amen.