Sion’s Campus Ministry, Theology and Service Learning programs empower students to explore and develop their unique gifts, as they become confident faith-filled adults who bring about a more just and peaceful world. Teaching through a Catholic lens, which includes a respect for all faiths, prepares students to dialogue with people whose beliefs and experiences may differ from their own. Encountering God in prayer, scripture, art, nature, service and one another, deepens both our faith and our respect for all God’s creation. Knowing our individual gifts and understanding our shared humanity, inspires us to build a world of peace, justice and love. 

Sion’s Catholic Identity:

Catholicism permeates our prayer and our studies, especially through such values as the “dignity of the human person, the love that God has for each person in his/her uniqueness and for each people in its distinctiveness” (from the Constitution of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion 15.4).

Sion’s Interfaith Mission:

Our unique charism, handed down by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion, calls us to build respectful relationships with other Christian Churches and other religious traditions, especially with the Jewish people. As reflected in the Vatican II declaration, Nostra Aetate, we recognize among the various faiths, our common search for meaning and connection with the Holy. We respect what makes each faith unique, while using our common ground as a foundation for efforts towards peace. 

Sion’s Service Learning Program:

Sion students work to identify how they are called to share their gifts and passions in a way that meets the world’s needs, culminating in their Senior Service Projects. We recognize our individual and collective responsibility to respond to suffering in the world with both charity and justice, knowledge and compassion.