Liturgy

Archbishop Mitty High School offers a wide array of liturgical opportunities. Both Eucharistic and non-Eucharistic liturgies assist us as a community in celebrating and recognizing God's presence in our lives through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through the Eucharist we are nourished by God's infinite mercy and compassion, as it is “the source and summit of the Christian life" (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 10). We are therefore invited to become more loving and just in our daily life; to model our lives after Christ.

This year mass is offered on Friday mornings at 7:15 am in our community chapel and all students, faculty, staff, and parents are warmly invited. A schedule can be found on our calendar of events. Also, each month members of the AMHS community gather for the AMHS monthly liturgy. Each class will attend liturgy together once during the school year. Every time we come together in prayer people of all faith backgrounds are encouraged to attend and participate fully and actively. There are many ways to assist with liturgies. We are always in need of lectors, Eucharistic ministers, actors, and artists. For more information, please contact Mrs. Kristin Byrnes .

Each year, the Campus Ministry department chooses a liturgical theme that is interwoven into all assemblies and liturgies. The theme is introduced with the start of the school year, on the first day of classes at the All School Assembly. All subsequent monthly assemblies focus on one aspect of the theme. A particular gospel passage is read that relates to the theme and a member of the administration, faculty, or staff offers their reflection on the scripture. Each month the Mitty community reflects on the particular aspect of the theme through the distribution of a student-generated holy card. The liturgical theme for the 2009-2010 school year is based on the song, “Shine” by Collective Soul. We are asking students to contribute to each specific monthly theme by submitting their responses here to the focusing question of the month. The monthly questions are as follows:

September - What are you doing to shine?

October - What are you doing to welcome others?

November - What are you doing to say thank you?

December - What are you doing to get ready?

January - What are you doing to build community?

February - What are you doing to change?

March - What are you doing to succeed?

April - What are you doing to promote peace?

May - What are you doing to lead?