Hello, I am Philip Martin, Campus Minister of St. Michael Catholic High School. 

St. Michael Catholic High School's aim is to cooperate with God’s grace in the lives of our students to encourage a living encounter with Christ. Through worship, prayer, study, and service initiatives, students will be immersed in a culture where the the life of faith is so pervasive that it is natural and, to a certain extent, unnoticed—almost like breathing.

In essence, this is the great gift of a Catholic school: that the practice of faith is not an isolated “Sunday obligation,” but the lens through which our daily life is focused, providing meaning, direction, and synthesis to the fragments of a teenager’s busy life.  In this goal, we welcome the participation of students and families of all Christian faiths, united in service to the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

The task of our campus ministry program is to activate this vision in the day to day life of our students and school. Here are the many ways we try to do so: Morning prayer to begin each school day, Mass in our chapel 2-3 times/week before school, weekly school wide Mass every Wednesday, various overnight retreats, offered for girls and guys separately, twice/year reconciliation services and individual confessions and an overnight senior retreat. We also lead approximately 100 students in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. every January.