BORDER IMMERSION TRIP On June 7th, five Cristo Rey students supervised by Edwin Medina (CRSM ’11), an accountant at Cristo Rey, embarked on a week-long border immersion trip to join Fr. Corey Brost, CSV, @brostcsv who leads groups to the border between Arizona and Mexico retracing the steps of migrants trying to cross the desert. During the trip, CRSM students … Read More
Students Embark on Border Immersion Trip
On June 7th, five Cristo Rey students supervised by Edwin Medina (CRSM ’11), an accountant at Cristo Rey, arrived at Saint Xavier Mission in Tuscon – the oldest intact European structure in Arizona, often referred to as the “white dove of the desert”. The group embarked on a week-long border immersion trip to join Fr. Corey Brost, CSV, @brostcsv … Read More
Seniors Final Retreat at CRSM
On Friday, May 17th, seniors traveled to the Viatorian Province Center in Arlington Heights to attend their last retreat before graduation. The Viatorians were one of the founding religious communities to support Cristo Rey St. Martin when it opened in 2004. Fr. Dan Hall, CSV, Provincial, together with Fr. John Milton, CSV, a science advisor to the school, welcomed the … Read More
Red Cloud Trips Part 2: Heading to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Part 2 of the Story: Over spring break, CRSM students traveled to South Dakota to visit Red Cloud High School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This exchange program, which is in its third year, not only allows Cristo Rey students to become ambassadors of their cultures and communities here in Waukegan, but offers an opportunity to become teacher and … Read More
The Red Cloud Trips: Part 1
On Saturday, March 2nd, Red Cloud High School students left the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota for Cristo Rey St. Martin in Waukegan. Their seventeen hour trek, hampered by nasty winter weather, began a cultural exchange between the two high schools that will span eleven days and thirty-six hundred miles. This exchange program, which is in its third … Read More
The Snowy and Cold Junior Class Retreat
Early in February the junior class (one-hundred in all) headed out for Camp Duncan in Ingleside, Illinois to gather for the 2019 Junior Class Retreat. You may remember the weather on February 1st – nine inches of snow and sub-zero temperatures! Though the weather did shorten the retreat, there was no lack of enthusiasm among the participants about the value … Read More
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On Tuesday January 22nd Cristo Rey St. Martin students experienced a prayer service quite different from what they have come to expect in typical Catholic religious services. In celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr., Cristo Rey St. Martin invited the First Baptist Church of North Chicago to lead a worship service in the tradition of the A.M.E. … Read More
Cristo Rey St. Martin Celebrates Posada
Again, as in years past, Cristo Rey St. Martin students re-enacted Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem – traveling from place to place seeking rest and shelter. Posada is a centuries-old tradition celebrated throughout Mexico, Guatemala and migrant communities in the United States. CRSM participated in Posada in two ways this year. At 7am on December 14th, a group of … Read More
World Religion Discussion Held
As the world around us seems to further divide based on our differences, scholars from major world religions came together at the Religious Founders Day Interfaith Workshop to present and lead discussions about welcoming neighbors regardless of religion, race or social standing. For a third consecutive year Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community joined together … Read More
Interfaith Events Lead to Cristo Rey St. Martin – Rochelle Zell Jewish High School Friendships
One year ago this November, the CRSM Campus Ministry hosted a gathering of religious leaders from different faith traditions. Representatives from the Ahmadiyya Muslim, Sikh, Catholic and Jewish communities participated as panelists. One hundred and twenty guests were in attendance for the presentations and discussions. At that panel discussion, Rabbi Zach Silver of Rochelle Zell Jewish High School and Jim … Read More