What is a High School Service Trip?

The High School Service Trip is an opportunity offered by local Rochester/Aus;n area parishes. It is open to any high school student, Catholic or otherwise, in grades 8-12 (during the school year before the summer trip). While there are many reasons parishes offer service trips, we are convinced that our main reason is because Christ has called us and has commissioned us to recognize the intrinsic dignity that resides in each and every person with whom we come in contact.

Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fiNh-largest city in the Midwestern United States. It is the seat of Milwaukee County, it is on Lake Michigan's western shore. Ranked by es;mated 2014 popula;on, Milwaukee was the 31st largest city in the United States. The city's es;mated popula;on in 2017 was 595,351. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It is also part of the larger Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha combined sta;s;cal area, which had an es;mated popula;on of 2,026,243 in the 2010 census. Milwaukee is the second-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwest, surpassed only by Chicago.

Milwaukee’s Need

Milwaukee currently ranks as the second poorest U.S. city with over 500,000 residents, falling behind only Detroit. In 2013, a Point-In-Time survey es;mated 1,500 people are homeless on Milwaukee's streets each night. The city's homeless and poor are aided by several local nonprofits, including the Milwaukee Rescue Mission.

In 2015 Milwaukee was rated as the "worst city for black Americans" based on dispari;es in employment and income levels. The city's black popula;on experiences dispropor;onately high levels of incarcera;on and a severe educa;onal achievement gap.

Shine Catholic Missions

SHINE is a Catholic-based Mission/Service Retreat and is based outside of Houston TX. SHINE stands for "Servin’ Him In the Needy and the Elderly." It was started by Augie & Dawn Leal in the summer of 2000, and is now going into its 20th summer. Augie, with his music, youth ministry, and retreat experience and Dawn with her hospitality degree and youth ministry background, both decided back in 1999 to create a ministry that would give teens, young adults, and youth ministers the chance to serve those in need while growing in their catholic faith through the Eucharist. Since then, thousands of teens and young adults have come from all over to share the light of Christ with others.

Every SHINE mission week offers daily Mass, Adora;on, service projects, high energy praise & worship, fun team building ac;vi;es, delicious homestyle cooked meals, nightly skits, youth group prayer ;me, great guest speakers, a talent show and a really cool and engaging staff.

• Click this LINK to open up our Online Giving Portal.
• Log-in (or create an online giving account if you don't already have one). If you'd rather not create an account you can select the "Quick Give" option toward the lower right corner of the page.
• When making payments make sure you select the correct fund. In this case, "Pay - Youth Ministry Trips/Camps/Event Fees"
• Under "Special Instructions" please enter the following:
  • First and last name of student registering, HSST 2018
  • For example: Joe Johnson, HSST 2018 
• Follow any remaining on-screen prompts
   

Check out this video from our Summer 2014 trip to Detroit, Michigan