St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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“Faith is the whole reason SI exists,” says Father Martinez, S.J. When eighth graders are beginning to look at high schools, parents are looking for the school with tile best academics that can prepare their kids for college. Eight graders themselves are looking for the best extra-cir- riculars and student life that will allow them to live the high school experience that is portrayed on “One Tree Hill” and “The O.C.” In between freshman orientation and graduation, parents give their kids to Saint Igna- tins to transform their adolescents into intellectually and morally responsible adults. Though often overlooked by prospective pus Ministry Ignatius in M e m b e r s ministry first to greet and begin Faith is the whole reason SI students, Cam- defines Saint a unique way. of the campus team are the exists. Father Martinez, S.J. new freshmen the transforma- tion, which culminates in the senior retreat of Kairos. By the time campus ministry says goodbye to its seniors at graduation, it has become an integral part of the gradu- ate’s Ignatian experience. “When I go to college, my faith experience here at SI will set me apart from all the other freshmen, there is such a sense of community that I will naturally want to recreate it in college” said Rose Dawydiak-Rampagnani ’05. “The friendships I’ve made with the staff members of Campus Ministry have also helped me grow, they do so much more than just retreats” explained Leoul Samson ’05. “Their programs such as Immersion and the field trip to Saint Anthony’s Dining Room sophomore year give you opportunities to live with others, rather than simply for them. Though their programs can sometimes be corny, I am now able to recognize God more easily in everyday life. remarked Colleen Mullen ’06. Through its retreats, religion classes, liturgies and prayer services, Campus Ministry strives to instill in its students a faith of action, a faith that does justice, and a faith that thirsts for more. -Faith----------------- The Substance of Things Hoped For, The Evidence of Things Unseen «mim, I. Caroline lofwfc '0? toe lo Fiulw Morning Liturgy of her mn tree mil. Though »he I» Jtewed k a game di . tut u r . m of :hr many that rtxV’f « » iwnFm to attrnd FML together. Sim tic ir Ixvauie. 'it1, more fan than min on Sonin» ar J it make» me ted k er to (iod. !. The Safe fixe CLC pot» on tolercarxc uccl exh sear to ircanc -r »rrnc«» and elimnare ha» Emils Rinaldi V5 inJ Ro.ie O'Hara X'5 wire Jf oxter, on the tir»e ill, of the owl. Tolerance NX’evl and SaSc fixe CLC i» ill ihwl pronxeing the Chroojn metuulit, of tolerance and l.»ing hrr - uxi Rinitli. J. Before »»omng ta St. lathee Sauer (aught at U-ssia High School in to, Anprle, and then at Bn-fhs College Piep in Ilxeru». Aroma. tie ha, Iwn rhe Proident of SI v»rxe W7V. 4. Sofia Tan X'5 i-J Samantha Sihia VS cml-rxed dunne the Rite f IVxe at the Mau of the Hoi, Spent. Seh-ea o gixi ehat there a e ‘BL k Club member» to pn«e»t u» Seen tlie hortiHe trathe.- While Tan en .v i. the Rue of IVxe leuue it n an «. portunitr eo «hare and rewesneet uvh pcsfle swj hxen't em a- mmmet. 5. li: AnJoJonc 'M rex) Junnc thr tint feriet tenve of the xhool scat. Taking plxe dm uee bef-tr rnidvim». ir u-a an oppomuvitv to cnJ ttie hut quartet in praser. In the trad r,g, Li: »p ie on rcaonne and »hanr g ill of »«at tVxl gnen gift». 6. t-aihrr Sa-.irt, S.J edehrnei the Ma»t (f the Holy Spent, along »yh all the •eher Je jr. of Saint Igrutiu». uhile the no» Jiteoor of Carrpu Mentury, Earlier Mainnc:, S.J. u-a» the hcemliw. he ijwLe of hi» vtnaggir» usth an air »»oJrhcescr, u»ing ttie expenerxe a, a meraphe.! eo liluuratr that ue need to le liumlde arvl a»k li-e help «hen ue need

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Thursday Morning Runs Ihuttday fc4S im Seven uudent meet sn the patkmp pitape. climb in the van. and drnv m il t Tendetloin where many who would have otherwne pone without berakfait await the «udent» arrnal The leather who n driving park the while van. and the «udem» pile e»ot. One «udem open» the baek doeu. and the other» grab undwyebe». cup . and tuKe. The»e undwxhex have been made by different elauct the Toevday mpht before and brcwpht n vchool » he plxed in a bo» ouuide room 212- The Km n earned to a refriperator behind the Common» where they will be picked up Ihureday morning The «udem» now hand out the lardwicho and pour |uiee tailing and iokinp to the recipientt. for the pact tour yean, every Thunday a different gtoup e f «udent» have brcwpht eomtoet in the form of food, drink, and comercation to the ho melee» of ban franctKO Thi» tradition of tenue bepan »rhen Jcviaca Brown D2 tetutnoi from the Tacoma Immeruon where »he had been »et»»r.p with the Catholx Worker . Blown'» inepnation wae one of the Catholic Worker» who diunhutcd coffee and undwxhet eiut of h»» truck throuphout Taeoma Brown, mimicking thi» act of comcience. «tailed whit would come to be known a» the Thundiy Morning Coenfott Rum. In the beginning »lie experimented on where to go. «tatting our in the Mnum and eventually ended up where it h «till today, aero»» the »treet from St. Anthony'» Dining Room. The whole proee»» n and alw» » ha» been completely ituder.t run (thouph teacher hacked! Every year new «udent» approach M AbSbach to a«k if they eio lead the rum Thai «eat Kane Caughman 'OS. Jouie Sehpal W. and Alhe Bonn 'On are meharpe of eneourapjnp people to make «andwiche» and tipn up. Katie Cauphman wanted to lead them beeame. Thundai moeninp com foe t rum aie mote than iu« handing out candwiehe» and yuxe-they are about meeting the people ol out pteatet communary and makinp theym feel ugnifieant I kne interacting with the people from the Tenderloin. Hannp that connection w«h them 1» what motivated me to become imohtd with the program. Student» wpn up fot vatiou» tcaiont. compleimp a GOYB (Cet Off Your Btitt! an aiupnmcnt (be junior trltpmn elawev to po beyond the elmtoom, a» an Immertroe» gtoup contmump then er»ice. ot tu»t for fun. No mattet «hat the reavon fot gxng the e»per«ncr 1» alway» unique, unlotpettablr. and fultUbng. left Paul Zmuda 0» pout tuice. Below Kane Cauphman OS place» the undwxhec on a »helf in the reftiperatoe. sift , Opening

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Retreats: Stepping Back R(treiu Iicrc at Saint Ignatius begin with the mandatory day-long csent known at The Spuit of Saint Ignatius, or the freshman retreat. VK'hile the tophomorct are answering questions on the PLAN test that will determine their career, such as. Do you enjoy mowing the lawn? and juniors arc having their first brush with death, also known as the PSAT. all the freshmen and a group of seniors who have “volunteered get to come to school and spend the day on campus meeting new people and discovering the motto of the person for whom this school is named. Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam is given personal meaning through small group discussion, witness talks, and the infamous scripture skits that, whether they be in gibberish or the tableau style, will be part of all the retreats here at SI. Students are then promoted to sophomore year and in addition to being able to shout. “Freshmen, move! in the halls, they are taken off campus to ignite the lire within themselves. The last of the mandatory retreats at SI. “Ignite entourages students to find The Light, the passion, the gifts, and the lire burning inside themselves and keep it growing for a whole year until they venture off campus set again to become Fully Alive Fully Alive is the first overnight retreat available to the new Ignatians. Small group discussion and journaling continue to play an important tolc while rctreants are treated to some new tricks of campus ministry, such as all the clocks being covered with signs that say, Time to love and Time to Share. They are also treated to Mr. Curry’s pre-rcireat pepealk, reminding us that God speaks to us through the small things. It is often more practical for God to speak to us with whispers rather than bolts of lightning. After they have re mewed their masks and returned to Saint Ignatius, they are greeted with the catch phrase that seems to spread through the upper classmen like wildfire. So. do you feel. like, fully alive? The senior retreat is the culmination of all the previous retreats. This time there arc no clever catch phrases to greet rctreatants upon their rciurn and the clocks arc covered with God's time. These four days snitch rctrcJtants from chronos, as in human time, to Kairos, which is God’s time. On God's time, rctreatants participate in a version of the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius. Many find the silence challenging, however when seniors learn to trust the process Kairos becomes a meaningful event, and often the hallmark of a graduate's Ignatian experience. Opening