Frosh experience spiritual journey

September 17, 2009 • written by Ali Giron

One of the more subtle changes you may not be aware off at Moreau this year is the new Spiritual Portfolio Project.

This year all freshmen will be required by the theology department to create a spiritual portfolio, an on-going project for all four years of high school.

This new change came about after over 10 years observation from the Theology department through student’s written reflections.

“Spiritual growth does indeed occur within our students,” Theology Department Chair Amy Armstrong said. “And for many years, over a decade, we’ve wondered about how we might document this growth.”

Unlike the English portfolio’s that are just students essay the spiritual portfolios are a power point that students will add to over the course of their school year. By students senior year they will have one power point for each year.

Armstrong hopes the power points will become a compilation of highlights from their theology courses. “Students are beginning to document these moments – from in-class rituals or  activities, as well as insights gleaned from various theological explorations”, she said.

The upperclassmen, who are aware of this project have good things to say about it.  “I wish I had been able to do that as a freshmen, it would be interesting to see where I was then and where I am now”, junior Amanda Martin said.

At this point the overwhelming response from freshman interviewed is that they were unclear about what the portfolio was, as this is their first month, but once they heard about it, they seemed open, “It’ll be cool to see when I’m a senior,” freshman Kevin Tilli said.

Armstrong intends that the portfolios will be good documentation of spiritual growth for the students. “My hope is that students will appreciate being able to look back, perhaps years later, at the spiritual “snapshot” they created of themselves and feel appreciation both for who they were and for how they’ve grown”, Armstrong said.

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