The Lasallian Mission Office assumes responsibility for the spiritual formation of all members of the school community. The center is divided into four areas namely: Christian Living, Social Concerns, Campus Ministry and Adult Ministry. All contribute towards an integrated spiritual formation program geared towards making each member of the community a genuine Christian who lives the Gospel.
This office aims to animate the school community through the planning and implementation of the following programs:
An integrated, dynamic and critical religious instruction based on Scripture and Church traditions.
Dynamic liturgical celebrations e.g., devotions to Lasallian saints and blessed Virgin Mary, but focusing mainly on the Eucharist.
Catechetical seminars for the faculty and staff to reinforce the basics of faith, and to update them on contemporary church teachings.
Exposures, immersions and seminars to deepen the school community’s awareness and consciousness of social problems that beset the country, and to concretize their faith through action based on sound doctrine.
Retreats and recollections for students, faculty and staff that will provide them with deep encounter to God’s abiding and loving presence.
Seminars, lectures and other avenues that focus on the dissemination and inculcation of Lasallian values and traditions.
Participation in local church activities and dissemination on all information emanating from the parish and archdiocese.
The integrated Lasallian Formation Program (ILFP) streamlines the spiritual formation of students. By integrating the thrusts of the Christian Living classes with the reachout and recollection programs, students undergo intensive experiential activities (which include exposure visits, group dynamics, prayers and reflection) that emphasize key values and lessons taken up in their CL classes.
Issue advocacy programs and activities for raising consciousness on particular issue of concern.
Volunteer projects which include Tulong Aral Sa Kanayunan (TASK), International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), Relief Operations, Medical-Dental Missions, Saint Brother Miguel Academy (SBMA) and Special Education Program for Former Street Children (SEP-FSC). This is an opportunity for direct involvement and service to identified partner communities of the school.
Christian Living
The distinctive mark of a Catholic School is the Christian Living program it offers to the community it serves: the students, the teachers, the support staff and the parents. As a Lasallian school priority is given to the instruction and formation of its members, giving emphasis on its three-fold ideal of Religio, Mores and Cultura.
The program is tasked with catechizing the community, using scripture and traditions. It focuses on the three dimensions of our faith, namely; doctrine (the Christian creed), morals (the value dimension) and worship(the sacraments and the church’s liturgy).
Christian living is taught from first year to fourth year, and is fundamentally guided by the general goals and objectives set by the National Catechetical Directory of the Philippines (NCDP) and the school’s own mission statement and philosophy of education.
Students undergo deeper study of scriptures in their first year followed by a study of Church and the Sacraments. As they reach their third year, they engage in more thorough discussions on Christian Morality as well as the social teachings of the Catholic Church. Integration is also done with the Social Concerns and the Campus Ministry programs.
The Campus Ministry
The Campus Ministry programs serve both the Ministerial and Contemplative polarities of the Center for Spiritual Development, grounded in the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church, inspired by the vision of St. John Baptist De La Salle.
Through recollections and retreats, it provides the opportunity for deep prayer and worship in close reference to both the Christian Living learnings in the classroom and the Social Concerns reachout experiences. Rooted in the Gospel of Christ Ministry works to nurture Christian student formation, and to support prayerful, prophetic and pastoral action within the context of La Salle Green Hills education.
The mission of the Campus Ministry is to lead the school in fostering a faith community whose members seek to live the Lasallian values in their daily lives – a community of believers called to be “persons for and with others,” through empowering leaders for Church and society, thus participating in the unfolding of God’s plan for salvation.
The CSD Social Concern Programs hope to facilitate a process of dialogue wherein participating communities discover their shared dignity as children of God.
It is committed to sharing its gift of Christian formation that allows for the dialogue between life experiences and the faith tradition. It is likewise committed to mobilizing the academic, personnel and material resources of LSGH for the service of the wider community. Through these, the Program hopes to develop among its participants:
3.1 solidarity express in simple living;
3.2 sensitivity to the suffering of others;
3.3 sincere appreciation for the giftedness of the self and others, and;
3.4 social responsibility expressed in action in behalf of the disadvantage.
The Adult Ministry
The Adult Ministry Programs hope to effect genuine Lasallian formation to the adult members of the La Salle Greenhills community through a process of communal accompaniment and the provision of opportunities for volunteerism and involvement.
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