By Emma Ellswood and Megan Riethmiller | Students at Ladywood High School
Livonia — As an all-girls Catholic college preparatory school, Ladywood strives to instill virtues within their students by actively involving themselves in the community through various projects that benefit and serve others. Ladywood encourages their student body to reflect on virtues of faith, hope, and love by using Blessed Mary Angela for guidance and also a key role model for their actions each day.
The spiritual life of these young individuals grew as they participated in the Living Rosary where they came together as a united student body, built on the foundation of preserving human life. Another aspect exemplifying human dignity includes the active involvement with pro-life efforts such as the Pro-Life Committee, March for Life, and the Life Chain, an opportunity to voice opinions on respect for human life.
Respecting human life not only includes protesting but acting for the well-being of God’s creation. Ladywood students support the less fortunate in society by respectfully working together for the common good.
They demonstrated humility this school year by collecting and donating more than one hundred articles of clothing for the Livonia Exchange Club and also over seventy-five bags of clothes to the St. Vincent DePaul Clothing Drive. Along with the involvement of the clothing collections, Ladywood offers support in food drives such as the St. Patrick Food Pantry in downtown Detroit where we collected over one thousand items of canned goods.
Preparing for the true meaning of Christmas, Ladywood directed their focus on the needs of others. Understanding the tough economic situation, students put less fortunate children on their Christmas list by donating more than 100 new toys to The Salvation Army. Taking physical action, the students awoke on an early Saturday morning to participate in the Jingle Bell Run/Walk 5K in downtown Northville for those affected by arthritis.Here, Ladywood received the high honor of the largest team of 120 participants and most money raised with a grand total of $3,800!
On a daily basis, excelling students take the time to work in the tutoring program where they support their peers in English, writing, science, and mathematics. The most recent service project through the theology department involved collecting used stamps and donating them to the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Eucharist where the stamps financially contributed to the support and efforts of the African missionaries.
Every year Ladywood strives to make a difference in the world by benefiting others through social and personal deeds.
Within school Masses, the student body sings hymns involving “carrying your candle and lighting your world.”
In efforts to shine the light on others, they not only sing it, they live it through the ministries inside and outside of the Ladywood community.
