Faith & Spiritual Development is foundational & unifying

• The Retreat Program is designed to invite students to examine their personal relationship with God. Retreats also serve as days of renewal.
   
• Retreats are planned and run by our Campus Ministry team and may include outside presenters. For grades 6-10, student Peer Ministers lead small group discussions.
   
• Students in grades 6-11 participate in one-day retreats off campus.
   
• Seniors participate in an overnight off-site retreat.

• Peer Ministry is a year-long experience available to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. There is an application and interview process each year. All interested students are encouraged to reach out to our Campus Ministry team or Ms. Napoli, Principal.
   
• Peer ministers are trained in listening, group leadership, and faith values. They are called upon to present witness talks, lead group activities, and to be models of faith.
   
• Peer ministers lead grade-level retreats for students in grades 6-10. 

Sacrament of Eucharist: 

We celebrate monthly Mass as a school community. Rev. Msgr. Dennis P. Keane, the current pastor of Church of the Holy Family in New Rochelle, is our Chaplain and celebrant. 

Students, faculty, and staff take part as altar servers, readers, eucharistic ministers, liturgical dancers, and as part of the liturgical music ministry.

Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion also is held weekly in our onsite Chapel of St. Angela.

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

During the seasons of Advent and Lent, we celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation. All students, faculty, and staff are invited and encouraged to participate. Most students attend during their regularly scheduled Religious Studies class.

Faith Formation:

Ursuline students who wish to receive the Sacraments of Initiation, including Confirmation, may make arrangements through their local parish. 

• In the fall, 6th graders are presented with their own Bible in a special blessing ceremony.
   
• We mark the U.N. International Day of Peace with an ecumenical prayer service each September 21.
   
• Special seasonal prayer services include Lessons and Carols during Advent and Stations of the Cross during Lent.
   
• In the spring, grades 6-8 participate in our annual May Crowning.  An 8th grader places the crown of flowers on the statue of the Blessed Mother. Students also lead a litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary and pray a decade of the rosary.