Service Immersion Trips

A student stands on a ladder and works on a gutter during a service trip

The Christian Service Immersion Program seeks to bring students to a mature understanding of their personal responsibility to those most in need through experience and reflection.

Subsidizing Student Costs

The trip cost per student is $500. This fee does not reflect the total expense involved; St. John’s subsidizes the difference. However, SJC strives to have no financial barrier come between students and their desire to experience a service immersion trip. Need-based financial aid is available.

Service Immersion Trip Locations

El Otro Lado (EOL)

El Paso, Texas

During this spring break trip, EOL participants delve into a range of border-related topics, including immigration, asylum seekers, unaccompanied minors, and the cultural complexities of the borderland. EOL participants have the opportunity to engage with the broader context of border issues through interactions with humanitarian aid groups, immigration attorneys, and those directly affected by U.S. immigration policies.

Sacred Heart Southern Missions

Romero Center Urban Challenge

Camden, New Jersey

During this summer trip, students not only serve in the traditional sense (manual labor, neighborhood clean-ups, serving food at soup kitchens and food banks), but also are present to the personhood of others (by spending time with people at nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, homeless shelters, drop-in centers for people infected and affected with HIV/AIDS, etc.).

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