Faith Formation

Service

At Brother Rice, we ignite a passion for making a positive impact in the world through service, leadership, and embodying the values of Respect, Integrity, Character, and Excellence.

At Brother Rice, we answer Blessed Edmund's call to serve our neighbor in the love of God.  Every Brother Rice student seeks to serve the Lord in their neighbor by performing 20 hours of service to the community each year.  Service to others has had a lasting effect on our students.

Students work in their parishes, healthcare facilities, or approved charitable organizations and may complete five hours at Brother Rice working for the school community.

Fulfilling the Third Essential Element of an Edmund Rice Christian Brother Education, 'Standing in Solidarity with those Marginalized by Poverty and Injustice,' many of our students complete their service individually or as part of a group.

Ongoing Service Projects
in the Metro Detroit Area

  • Lighthouse Thanksgiving Project: Students assist in packing food baskets for Thanksgiving for Oakland County's needy.
  • Lighthouse Christmas Project: assisting with the distribution of Christmas gifts.
  • Focus Hope, South Oakland Shelter, Meals on Wheels, or similar projects.
  • Gleaners, Forgotten Harvest, the Capuchin Service Center, and Soup Kitchen.
  • Maybury Elementary School in Detroit: working with Bridgepoint's Christmas Party.
  • Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit Lighthouse in Pontiac.
  • Canned food drives to benefit Open Hands Food Pantry in Royal Oak.
  • Christmas Toy Drive for the Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
  • The annual "Souper Bowl" Dinner w/Marian raises money for St. Leo's and the Capuchin Soup Kitchens.
  • Working at local hospitals or health care centers.
  • Walks and fundraisers for charity.

Students should check with their theology teachers to ensure their service is acceptable before starting long-term projects.  Students must upload their service hours to the Naviance/X2Vol website to be verified and approved. You must have the email from the person who supervised your service for verification. A form to gather the information needed is available in the Theology classrooms, The Campus Ministry Office or by downloading it here.

Any questions about service work should be directed to the Campus Ministry Office, at 248-833-2271 by contacting Mr. Thane Hall.

Mission Trips

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Lima, Peru

Brother Rice provides students with an international service experience working with people experiencing poverty in Lima, Peru.  Students are invited to share the spirit of Blessed Edmund Rice with the children of Peru as they journey to our school Fe Y Alegria #26 in the Canto Grande section of Lima. Students will spend a week of immersion and missionary work ministering to local families and the children of a local orphanage.

This trip promises to be a life-changing experience. All members of the Brother Rice family are welcome to apply and spend ten days in the summer discovering Jesus and Edmund in the face of the poor on our missionary service immersion.  One of the highlights of the trip is tearing down and rebuilding a house for one of the residents, done in just two days. All service done on this trip will count for the following year's service obligation.

Brownsville, Texas

Each November, students join with three other Christian Brothers schools for a week of service and education in Brownsville, Texas. Students learn about current immigration issues in the location that has the highest number of immigrants crossing our Southern border each year, while doing daily hands-on service with refugees and recent immigrants to the United States.