MAKING A GLOBAL DIFFERENCE

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.

24th Annual Holy Cross Immersion

In the beginning of June, Ms. Kristie Alejo ’15 and Mr. Justin Firmeza ’20 took four of the 2023-2023 Campus Ministry Team to the 24th Annual Holy Cross Immersion with our Holy Cross family at Holy Cross, New Orleans. They served at Hagar’s House, a home for women and children who have come from houses with domestic violence. While there, they helped with fundraising and cleaned up their community garden. While visiting their home in Covington, LA, they learned the history of the Marianites of Holy Cross, painted their property, and experienced the vibrant women who continue the mission of Father Moreau. Their last day of service concluded at the Woodland Conservatory, cleaning up a local swamp, and planting trees that will help their wildlife during floods. Each night was filled with prayer, community building, and theological reflection with the other five Holy Cross schools. Next year will be our 25th Anniversary of Holy Cross Immersion and Mariners will continue to expand their impact.

The 2023 Night Market: Celebrating Diversity as One Family

In a community as interconnected as ours, celebrating diversity has become an essential part of our Mariner Mindset and promoting inclusivity, understanding and appreciation. The MCHS Night Market was the culminating event of this year’s Culture Week. Current and future Mariner families joined together to celebrate our diversity. The Night Market is not merely a recognition of the differences that exist among our Mariner community, but also a profound acknowledgement of the inherent value and richness that each unique perspective brings to the tapestry of humanity and to our community.

The MCHS Night Market showed us that we can come together to celebrate the vast cultures and traditions that truly make us unique. From food, dancing, and activities, our Mariner community truly showed what it means to Appreciate Diversity and to celebrate who we are as one family.

1. School: The Little Known Factory

Gursimran Dhindsa

2. My Burnout Needs to Bud-Out

Meghan Freitas

3. Normalize Nonconformity

Jessica Grospe

4. What Could We Do About Poverty?

Pierce Ran

5. Pursuing Your Creative Outlet Can Save Your Life

Amruta Turlapati

6. Find Your “Why”

Aryan Mohindra

7. The Comparison Trap

Anjanae Henry

8. You Learn Differently and That’s Okay

Jonnae Henry

9. 3 Keys to Winning

Toni West, Keynote Speaker

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Wake Up Now: Discovering the Truth

Behind Black Maternal Care

Tabi Aloo, Aymani Bouyer

Inside the Melting Pot

Karina Anthony, Sophia Araujo, Gabi Diroll

The Effects of Words

Katherine Cava

Standarized Testing and Why It Should Be Abolished

Divisha Khanna

A Teenager’s Advice For the 21st Century

Emma Murchison

Empathy and Equity for Diabetes

Isabella Panganiban

Beating Assumptions, Breaking Stereotypes

Delilah Sanchez

FinTech: The Seed for Change

Diya Sridhar

Redirecting the Mental Health Conversation

Hiya Verma

Rightfully Trans

Nicole Westerhoff

Moreau Catholic is proud to be the first in the Bay Area and the only TEDx partner school in the Diocese of Oakland. We are celebrating our sixth year of empowering student speakers to share ideas worth spreading

To watch this year’s talks, please scan the QR code below.