Immersion Outreach Program
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Rooted in the Holy Cross mission of educating hearts and minds, the Immersion Outreach Program invites students to engage in service, justice, care for creation, and vocational discernment through domestic and international immersions.
Students encounter Christ in those who are most vulnerable, in one another, and in the world God has entrusted to our care. They engage in age-appropriate, meaningful service with community partners such as shelters, soup kitchens, immigrant support centers, schools, and senior programs, and in some settings participate in hands-on projects, including building, repair, restoration, and environmental sustainability efforts that support the Care of Creation.
Through prayer, reflection, and shared community life, immersions help students integrate faith and justice, deepening their commitment to serve others and to live as disciples who care for both people and our common home.
Holy Cross Immersion Program
For over 25 years, the Holy Cross Immersion has been a signature experience of the Moreau Province, uniting students from six Holy Cross high schools in a shared mission of faith, service, and community. Each year, one of the six schools rotates as the host site, grounding the experience in different local communities while strengthening the bonds of the wider Holy Cross family.
Rooted in the Holy Cross tradition that unites heart and mind, faith and knowledge, this immersion invites seniors in CMT & SJL to encounter Christ in solidarity with those who are poor and marginalized. Students live and serve within these communities, engaging deeply with their history, culture, and daily realities—an experience that challenges and transforms the heart.
Through shared life, prayer, and service with students from across the Holy Cross schools, participants are formed in a common charism and deepened in the values that define Holy Cross education: to bring hope, build respect, being family and a commitment to Gospel-centered service that is lived, not merely learned.
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Holy Cross Immersion
A Holy Cross education is a balance between heart and mind, of living faith and knowledge. The immersion program delivers this balance. By living and working in poor communities, MCHS senior students will experience the people, their history, and culture. Faith is put into practice by serving others. This trip will be an intense experience of service work and living in Christian community with students from four other Holy Cross High Schools. This is an opportunity that includes learning about the common values experienced by students in Holy Cross High Schools.
Philippines Service Immersion Program (PSIP)
The Philippine Service Immersion Program offers all students an opportunity to travel abroad to help our struggling brothers and sisters in the Philippines. In a country with a prominent poverty rate, students give back to the community by building schools in areas where there is a lack of educational resources. Students experience the pillars of Holy Cross come alive as they are Bringing Hope to future generations and are Being Family to their Filipino brothers and sisters.
Taiwan Service Immersion
In the Summer, twelve Moreau students participate as volunteers at an English summer camp in Taiwan. Their responsibilities include serving as teaching assistants in English classes, capturing and documenting class photos, and writing detailed reports. They also can take on leadership roles, guiding students through classes, cultural activities, and field trips. Additionally, they design and facilitate daily group activities, lead evening reflection sessions, and manage various discussions. Beyond their service, the students immerse themselves in Taiwan’s rich culture and breathtaking landscapes.
Alternative Spring Break
Alternative Spring Break during the week of Easter vacation is offered to ALL students. Live in the Speed of Love Immersions are both local and national opportunities for MCHS students to learn and to be in solidarity with people of the margins of social, economic, political and environmental status. The Immersion programs educate in heart and mind by combining academic, experimental, and reflective experiences that are based in the Holy Cross ideals.
Thailand Cultural and Service Immersion
During Christmas Break, our Thailand Cultural and Service Immersion Program will provide our students a real-world leadership training and skill development through personal challenge and decision making; Global citizenship through cultural immersion and awareness and experiential learning opportunities that are student-led. The service immersion will address sustainable community projects aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals that will address: poverty in all its forms, hunger, education, gender equality and women’s empowerment, water, and sanitation, etc.