Student LifeStudent Life

Opportunities for Formation

  • Daily Mass Tuesday - Friday (7:15 a.m.) with Legionary priest, homily included
  • Confession

Students

  • Training as acolytes and lectors at Masses
  • Five Legionaries available
  • NCE religion curriculum
  • Orderliness and structure
  • Virtue campaigns
  • Apostolic work/ community service
  • Formation dialogue (fourth through eighth grades)
  • Afterschool clubs (Conquest, Challenge, etc.)
  • Contests: catechism, spelling bee, mental math, oratory
  • Musical and theatrical productions: band concert, Christmas production, spring musical production
  • Public class

Because Everest Academy is affiliated with the Legion of Christ, we are fortunate to have as a Legionary priest on staff as our chaplain. As students seek to further their spiritual formation, our chaplain is available for Everest Academy students.

Chapel

The Blessed Sacrament is reserved on campus in the school chapel. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament helps students build a prayerful and ever-deepening relationship with Christ. Every student is encouraged to visit and spend time with the Blessed Sacrament before and after school, or during breaks. In addition, periodic class visits to the chapel are scheduled into the calendar during the school year. Out of respect for Christ, a prayerful and reverent attitude is to be maintained while in the chapel. As a sign of our belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, students are expected to maintain a dignified posture while in the chapel and genuflect when entering and leaving the chapel.

Celebration of the Eucharist

As the “source and summit of the Christian life,” the Celebration of the Eucharist is a central part of school life at Everest Academy. Celebration of the Eucharist is offered daily at 7:15 a.m. in the school chapel. All parents and students are invited and encouraged to attend. Masses are held on First Fridays, feast days, and other special occasions. Periodically throughout the year, students will be invited to participate during school hours as a class in the Celebration of the Eucharist. During these celebrations, students will be encouraged to participate in various aspects of the Mass. This active participation helps young people live out this sacred mystery and grow in their faith life.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

The sacrament of Reconciliation frees us from the guilt and burden of our sins and offers sanctifying grace, thus deepening our relationship with Christ. The sacrament is highly encouraged and is formally available to students who have received their First Reconciliation during scheduled adoration visits, other announced times, and by appointment during non-school hours.

Retreats

Spiritual retreats provide an opportunity for students to strengthen their relationship with God and neighbor. This privilege and responsibility lies at the core of our school’s formation program.

The Liturgical Year

Everest Academy pays special attention to the various liturgical seasons within the Church, such as Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. The special events at the school aim to continually nurture the school community’s love for the Christ and his Church. The school celebrates liturgical feast days such as All Saint’s Day (November 1), the Feast of Christ the King (November), the anniversary of the pope’s election, and the major Marian feast days. Specific details on feast day celebrations are sent home in advance. Parents and students are encouraged to take an active part in living the liturgical year with the Church through the activities and celebrations organized by the school.

Sacramental Preparation

Sacramental preparation is done through local parishes. In appropriate sacramental years, students at Everest Academy are given supplemental encouragement, support and information to enhance their parish experience. School Prayers Prayer is the heart of Christian life and the student’s living relationship with Christ. To help students develop a prayer life, students are encouraged to participate in the active daily prayer life of the school: vocal prayer with the class and personal prayer in the chapel. Students are encouraged to spend time in adoration of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. A list of prayers commonly used at Everest Academy is provided below.

Prayer to Begin Activity

V/ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

V/ Come, Holy Spirit, R/ fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.

V/ Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created, R/ and you will renew the face of the earth.

V/ Let us pray: Lord, by the light of the Holy Spirit you have taught the hearts of the faithful. In the same Spirit help us to relish what is right and always rejoice in his consolation. We ask this through Christ our Lord. R/ Amen.

V/ Hail, Mary… R/ Holy Mary…

V/ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit R/ as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

V/ Christ our King! R/ Your Kingdom Come!

V/ Virgin most prudent, Mary Mother of the Church R/ Pray for us.

V/ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Prayer to Conclude Activity

V/ We give you thanks Almighty God for all your gifts, you who live and reign forever and ever. R/ Amen.

V/ Christ our King! R/ Your Kingdom Come!

V/ Virgin most prudent, Mary Mother of the Church R/ Pray for us.

V/ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Our Father

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee! Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

The Angelus

V/ The angel spoke God’s message to Mary, R/ and she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

V/ Hail, Mary… R/ Holy Mary…

V/ “I am the lowly servant of the Lord: R/ let it be done to me according to your word.”

V/ Hail, Mary... R/ Holy Mary…

V/ And the Word became flesh R/ and lived among us.

V/ Hail, Mary... R/ Holy Mary…

V/ Pray for us, holy Mother of God, R/ that we may become worthy of the promises of Christ.

V/ Let us pray: Lord, fill our hearts with your grace: once, through the message of an angel, you revealed to us the incarnation of your Son; now, through his suffering and death lead us to the glory of his resurrection. We ask this through Christ our Lord. R/ Amen.

V/ Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit R/ as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. (Three times)

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Angel sent by God to guide me, be my light and walk beside me; be my guardian and protect me; On the paths of life direct me. Amen.

Prayer at the Beginning of Meals

V/ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

V/ Our Father R/ who art in heaven ….

V/ Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts, which we are about to receive, from your goodness. Through Christ our Lord, R/ Amen.

Prayer to Conclude Meals

V/ We give you thanks for all your gifts, almighty God, living and reigning now and for ever. R/ Amen

V/ Christ our King! R/ Your Kingdom come!

V/ Virgin most prudent, Mary Mother of the Church R/ pray for us.

Prayer for Vocations

Lord Jesus, eternal Shepherd, in your kindness, look with mercy on this part of your beloved flock. Lord, we cry out to you as orphans: Grant us vocations! Call many of our young people to be holy priests and consecrated men and women. We ask Mary, your tender, holy Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe, to intercede for us. Jesus, grant us priests and consecrated persons after your own heart!

Prayer to Jesus Crucified

Good and gentle Jesus, I kneel before you. I see and I ponder your five wounds. My eyes behold what David prophesied about you: “They have pierced my hands and feet, they have counted all my bones.” Engrave on me this image of yourself. Fulfill the yearnings of my heart: give me faith, hope, and love, repentance for my sins, and true conversion of life. Amen.

Soul of Christ

Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, heal me. Blood of Christ, drench me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. Good Jesus, hear me. In your wounds, shelter me. From turning away, keep me. From the evil one, protect me. At the hour of my death call me. Into your presence lead me, to praise you with all your saints for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer for the Pope

Christ Jesus, King and Lord of the Church, in your presence I renew my unconditional loyalty to your Vicar on earth, the Pope. In him you have chosen to show us the safe and sure path that we must follow in the midst of confusion, uneasiness and unrest. I firmly believe that thought him you govern, teach and sanctify us; with him as our shepherd, we form the true Church; one holy, catholic and apostolic. Grant me the grace to love, live, and spread faithfully our Holy Father’s teachings. Watch over his life, enlighten his mind, strengthen his spirit, defend him from calumny and evil. Calm the erosive winds of infidelity and disobedience. Hear our prayer and keep your Church united around him, firm in her belief and action, that she may truly be the instrument of your redemption. Amen.

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