High Schools Conference Action Plans

Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference

June 27, through July 2, 2024 at Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan

DYMUSA continued its tradition of empowering high school students to discover and deepen the preacher within themselves through prayer, study, community and interaction with members of the Dominican Family.

Action Plans by School

"We, the preachers"

Albertus Magnus High School

We, the preachers of Albertus Magnus High School, will preach with our lives by:

1. Having a student preacher offer a summary of the readings at our monthly school masses and posing a question to help the assembly focus on the readings.

2. Using technology such as student made videos that highlight a Dominican saint or a Signs of the Times issue to be shared in Theology class.

3. Highlighting the International Day of the Girl by sharing facts about girls from around the world during our morning prayer in the month of October.

Dominican High School

We, the preachers of Dominican High School, will preach with our lives by:

1. Inviting at least three other students personally to attend each campus ministry meeting we attend.

2. Developing a plan for student socialization after flex masses.

3. Explore the possibility of creating or buying a labyrinth to enhance prayer experiences for staff and students and plan for more "nontraditional" prayer.

Edgewood High School

We, the preachers of Edgewood High School, will preach with our lives by:

1. Using Catholic social teaching as a proponent of school services, activities, and community fundraiser.

2. We will host a celebration for International Day of the Girl with speakers to help further inform students about the global issues girls and women face worldwide.

3. Lastly, we will be incorporating a variety of styles of prayer and worship to be more inclusive of different Catholic traditions and manners of praise.

ICA Cristo Rey

We, the preachers of ICA Cristo Rey, will preach with our lives by:

1. Strengthening the "service" pillar by creating more volunteer opportunities and by enhancing student "preaching" experiences during prayer services and masses.

2. Incorporating engaging style prayer services to engage the entire school and improve community building and participation in accessible prayer opportunities.

3. Further developing social skills to create trust and deeper bonds between the student body, with a focus in psychology and religion to support restorative justice, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

San Gabriel Mission

We, the preachers of San Gabriel Mission, will preach with our lives by:

1. Introducing the other Dominican figures to the student body by providing their background story, important facts, and their significance to the Dominican community.

2. Scheduling meaningful presentations throughout the school year which will emphasize on preaching the Dominican Tradition, the Creative Arts, and the Signs of the Times, and in Action.

3. Organize a service day in which students will have an opportunity to go out to the community and be servants to others.

Dominican Academy

We, the preachers of Dominican Academy, will preach with our lives by:

1. Incorporating more direct service by organizing a schoolwide service day in November to practice putting our faith into action.

2. Expanding our outreach by preaching through the arts. We will host an Oragami Cranes for Peace Day and display them to spread peace and the word of the lord.

3. Bolster the D.A. community's engagement with their spirituality by introducing a saint each day in our morning prayer and an electronic bulletin board.

4. Inviting Dominican Sisters of Peace, our sponsoring congregation, to act as a prayer partner to the seniors, fostering a deeper connection to their spirituality.

Mount Saint Dominic

We, the preachers of Mount Saint Dominic, will preach with our lives by:

1. Training Program- Create a day program for our preachers to share what we have learned in the preaching seminars.

2. International Day of the Girl- Improve our celebration by creating breakout rooms using the resources Sister Dusty provided to us.

3. Connecting with the sisters- Plan consistent gatherings with the sisters and create pen pals.

Lacordaire Academy

We, the preachers of Lacordaire Academy, will preach with our lives by:

1. Taking on the role of co-presidents of our school's preachers' club. Our goal is to create a more targeted recruitment and increase the expectations of the clubs' members.

2. Creating more engaging liturgies by incorporating liturgical dancing and providing worship aides in an effort to achieve more involvement and participation in the school's masses.

3. Proposing more of a variety of service trips so all students will receive a greater opportunity to complete their hours and also give back to their community.

Regina Dominican High School

We, the preachers of Regina Dominican High School, will preach with our lives by:

1. Dominican Month For Peace- December 2024: Research and present at an all-school morning meeting on this years country of focus: Haiti

2. International Day of the Girl Observance: Morning meeting acknowledgement, explore feasibility of sending students to participate at the U.N, develop an array of options for advisory and/or Leadership Scholars (letter writing discussion, Novenas).

3. In 1958, the Adrian Dominican Sisters established Regina Dominican High School. 65 years later, Regina Dominican is now part of Dominican Veritas Ministries (DVM) with eight schools in America. Continue to cultivate and strengthen our relationship with the Dominican Sisters.

4. Correspondence
   

St. Mary's Dominican

We, the preachers of St. Mary's Dominican, will preach with our lives by:

1. We want to expand the pro-life ministry at our school. by getting Mr. Mark Butler, a famous St. Mary's Dominican High School board member to speak about people with disabilities.

2. We want to implement International Day of the Girl at our school by having a pep rally with a speaker to give her story. Ideally the speaker will be Amy Coney Barrett!

3. We want to give the students at our school more exposure to God through the arts by having a long lunch with the options to make oragami and color with background music played by students!