Community Service

Giving Back

We strive to develop students who are spiritually developed, intellectually integrated, personally mature, and socially engaged. Our Service Program gives students a deeper understanding of community, awareness, and responsibility. 

Students are required to fulfill community service hours each year while attending Saint Joseph. The purpose of this requirement is to give the students an opportunity to exercise the values of Jesus Christ as exemplified by Saint Joseph the Worker. Service is a distinguishing part of the Christian life.  

“I have set you an example that you should do
as I have done for you.” 

— John 13:15

All students who are entering at Grade 9 are expected to have 110 hours of service documented and on file in the Campus Ministry Office at the time of graduation. The hours required will be adjusted proportionately for a student admitted after their first semester of ninth grade.

Our Parter Service Organizations

Give Me a Chance
Habitat for Humanity
Head Start
Holy Family Catholic Church
LDS Ogden Bishop Storehouse
Marshall White Center
Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Saint James Catholic Church
Utah Catholic Community Services
Youth Impact

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Program Requirements

  • Freshman

    COMMUNITY
    20 HRS
    (includes day of servce)

    The purpose of this year is to build a sense of community as a freshmen class. This communal vocation will grow in the confines of the school and in the local Ogden community. Freshmen attend two, half-day retreats on two first Fridays. During the first day, the freshmen build their community as a class and, individually, as a Saint Joseph student. This leads into the second semester where freshmen go out into the community to do service.

  • Sophomore

    AWARENESS
    25 HRS
    (includes day of service)

    During two first Fridays, sophomore students will continue their social responsibility and understanding through a deeper awareness of the needs of our world. This year is focused on a sense of awareness of those on the margins of society. This awareness is fostered through two, half-day programs that challenge and engage students. The first day sets up a poverty simulation that allows students to have a more active encounter with what poverty looks like in this country. The second program sees students engage with the Ogden community at large.

  • Junior

    RESPONSIBILITY
    40 HRS
    (includes day of service)

    Junior year requires students to participate in an organization that Saint Joseph has pre-approved. Students are required to complete 25 hours of service over the course of the year. They must work with this organization repetitively over the course of their junior year. In order to take on a more individual responsibility in the Ogden community, students must complete this service requirement outside of school hours. The organizations students can choose from range from Saint Joseph Catholic Elementary to Catholic Community Services.

  • Senior

    SERVICE ENCOUNTER
    50 HRS
    (includes senior service project)

    The pinnacle of our service program is the Senior Service Encounter. This encounter is meant to give students a more intentional understanding of the community at large. Students will grow through pastoral, intellectual, human, and spiritual formation. They will take a week off in January for their Senior Service Project. The second semester, students write a research paper in their theology class reflecting on their experience over the course of that week. This will coordinate with their senior retreat experience.