St. Br. André Service Program

As an independent Catholic school in the Holy Cross tradition, Gilmour Academy is committed to creating a coeducational learning environment supported by faith formation. Students from the Montessori preschool through graduating seniors are active participants in serving the community through a wide variety of optional extracurricular activities as well as the St. Andre Bessette Christian Service Program, which requires 60 hours of service before graduation.

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Additionally, juniors spend one semester researching a social justice issue that affects the Greater Cleveland community. Now in its 10th year, the Praxis program requires students to identify a problem that interests them, develop potential means to address it and actively work to solve it in a way that preserves the dignity of all. Gilmour’s service requirements emphasize the principles of both solidarity and subsidiarity, which creates a more lasting impact by directly alleviating a problem as well as empowering those in need to lift themselves up.

Gilmour students work to serve others according to the Catholic Corporal Works of Mercy, which mandate:

• Feed the hungry.
• Give drink to the thirsty.
• Bury the dead.
• Visit the imprisoned.
• Clothe the naked.
• Give shelter to the homeless.
• Visit the sick.