Jesuit High School was founded for the purpose of educating young men in the city of New Orleans and to give them the tools necessary to live their lives for the greater glory of God. The school exists to mold in its students the virtue, discipline, and generosity so that they might recognize the universal call of God to use his gifts in a spirit of generosity to those around him.

The Sophomore Service Day is designed to be an immersive experience where students in their sophomore year are exposed to a particular need in the city: care for the elderly and sick, work with inner city youth, help of the poor, etc. The activities of the Sophomore Service Day are modeled after the Corporal Works of Mercy.

The Sophomore Service Day is generally on a Saturday and is designed to be a 3-4 hour experience of service with their classmates. 

This is intended to cultivate the imagination of students for them to:

1) to draw them out of their own daily routine to recognize the difficult situations of many of their neighbors

2) begin to consider how they might begin to live as a “man of faith”, called by God to be a “man for others”

3) give them an experience to help them begin to discern what God may be calling them to for their Senior Service Project.