Chapel
At the
center of the prayer life of St. Sebastian's School is the
Chapel.
Every Monday morning, the entire School community gathers in the Church
for
Corporate Chapel. Here, we come together to pray, to sing, to
listen to the Scriptures, to hear from student speakers (members of the
Senior Class), and to receive from the Headmaster words of encouragement
and inspiration. Students and faculty alike make announcements regarding
all kinds of events on campus, from athletic contests and performance times
to charity drives and special programs. During the rest of the week, each
grade level gathers in the Chapel for its own
Class Chapel. Again,
students hear the Scriptures (offered by student readers), and pray in both
word and song. Students also offer their own petitions, and each day, two
or three of their peers present a
Chapel Speech. This speech, reviewed
by and rehearsed with a faculty moderator, is about three minutes in length,
and is on a topic about which the student feels passionate. Speeches are
graded according to their content as well as their delivery, and by the
end of the year each student has usually given one.
