Campus Ministry

Masses are held every week, and students attend on a bi-weekly basis (grades 6-9 and 10-12 alternate masses each week).  The holy sacrifice of the mass is the central form of worship, where we receive Christ in the Eucharist to aid and sanctify us on our life’s journey back to Him.  Students may serve as altar servers, lectors, musicians, ushers and even extraordinary ministers of holy communion in masses.

We rehearse weekly in a time of fellowship and worship to learn and prepare our mass music

We begin every school day with a specially written daily meditation, our morning offering and monthly prayer focus.  Our morning prayer is designed to inspire and guide our community of worship in ways that combine social action and worship. If you are interested in being a morning prayer reader, sign up here. 

Students will attend an off-campus spiritual retreat every year they are at Dunne.  Retreats are themed according to the needs of their stage of personal, social, and spiritual development and include meaningful recreation, worship, craft and learning. The goal is to grow closer to God and to one another. Upper school students can apply to be student retreat leaders, leading small groups of students in discussion. Junior and Senior retreats are multi-day destination retreat events. Our junior retreat coincides with the Junior Ring Mass in which students receive their rings in a special mass designed to honor their rite of passage as Junior and inspire them as they approach their Senior year in faith and service.  Our senior retreat is built on the Karios program of spiritual retreat and is always the most-anticipated retreat of our students.

Bishop Dunne hosts at least three different prayer services for special occasions: Thanksgiving, Advent, and Lent.  Prayer services are held in the gym with the entire school community and are meant to direct our hearts in worship and prayer according to the season of worship.