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Service

Service Opportunities

At Totino-Grace High School, we believe in the power of service to transform lives and foster a deep sense of community. Our service program offers various opportunities for students to engage in meaningful work, both locally and globally.

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Immersion Trips

Our Immersion Trips provide students with transformative experiences by immersing them in different communities and cultures. These trips are designed to deepen students' understanding of social justice and service while fostering a spirit of compassion and global awareness. Each trip includes:

  • Community Engagement: Working alongside local organizations and communities.
  • Cultural Exposure: Learning about and experiencing different ways of life.
  • Reflection: Opportunities for personal and group reflection on the service experience.
  • Local Service Opportunities

A few examples of trips include Habitat for Humanity, Arizona-Mexico border, or Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana.  

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Local Service

In addition to immersion trips, Totino-Grace High School offers numerous local service opportunities to engage students in their own communities. These include:

  • Community Service Projects: Various initiatives that address local needs and support community organizations.
  • Volunteering: Regular opportunities to volunteer with local nonprofits and community groups.
  • Campus Service: Projects and activities that enhance the school environment and support our school community.

Service Immersion Trips

Totino-Grace High School's service immersion trip program encompasses the core values of the Lasallian mission while providing students with unique opportunities to learn about different cultures and poverty issues locally and internationally. Partnering with Lasallian communities, schools, and ministries allows us to do this most effectively. Our students have truly enjoyed these learning opportunities with the Christian Brothers, Lasallian Volunteers and other various ministries. These students have the opportunity to travel with Totino-Grace each year, living out the Gospel as Jesus calls us to do.

For 2025-26, students have the opportunity to go to IL, NY, AZ, IN, and Guatemala.

How to Get Involved

Students can explore and sign up for service opportunities through our Campus Ministry Department by contacting Andrew Blake. Whether participating in an immersion trip or local service project, every student is encouraged to find their passion and make a difference.

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Social Teaching

Social teaching is a central element of the Catholic Church. As a Catholic and Lasallian community we place emphasis on social justice education and action through our mission, curriculum and campus ministry programming. 

There are seven themes of Catholic social teaching:

  • Life and Dignity of the Human Person
  • Call to Family, Community and Participation
  • Rights and Responsibilities
  • Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
  • The Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers
  • Solidarity
  • Care for God's Creation

More can be found on the USCCB website.

Social Justice

Totino-Grace is committed to bringing social justice teaching topics and experiences to our students. Our faculty, staff, coaches and moderators help strengthen students' awareness of social justice systems and provide charity opportunities in a variety of ways throughout the school year. Examples include: mission trip experiences, Lasallian youth service projects, respect life group opportunities, mission collection and donation opportunities through campus ministry and co-curricular group initiatives, partnership with Common Hope and St. Josephs in Keren, Eritrea. 

Our Theology Department offers a Social Justice elective course that includes examines how we are called to address systems and do charitable work.

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Three smiling young women in the foreground hold containers of potatoes, while in the background, other volunteers sort produce in a brightly lit warehouse.
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