Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School students and staff (from left) Rebecca Metzger, director of campus ministry; Mia Mascarin; Ally Schmitt; Natalie Garcia-Calderon; Landon Miller; Dustin Burgan; Georgia-Grace Carr and Daniel Dixon, school theology teacher, are putting service into action this summer.
The DeSales stallions participated in Salesian Gospel Roads in New Orleans.
The group had several prayerful interactions with high school students from across the eastern United States.
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They spent a week serving at a food bank, community garden and nursing home. They participated in daily Mass and prayed the Stations of the Cross and rosary.
Gospel Roads forms young missionary discipleship through prayer, community and service. The program helps young people build a strong Salesian (religious order founded by St. John Bosco modeled after St. Francis de Sales’ spirituality) Christian community.