Mission
Serva Fidem, from a longer Latin phrase meaning “Keep the Faith,” strives to develop high school students into intentional disciples who will keep the faith for the rest of their lives, and especially through college.

Serva Fidem

Method
Serva Fidem supports students in forming deep, personal relationships with Jesus Christ through weekly small groups of 5-6 and are actively discipled by an adult faith mentor. Groups grow their devotion to personal prayer, the Sacramental life, understanding of Church teachings, and enter into the lifestyle of an on-fire Catholic. By forming virtuous relationships with one another, groups develop deep relationships with Jesus Christ. No longer are students alone in the journey, but they are walking shoulder-to-shoulder, together at a time when isolation, depression, and anxiety are running rampant.

Tell me more...

  • 5-6 students in each group (same gender and grade)
  • 1 Serva Fidem adult mentor
  • VIRTUS certified with background check
  • Received Serva Fidem small group mentor training
  • Groups meet for an hour once a week.
  • Students discuss anything from apologetics to personal prayer to the life of the saints to any question on their hearts.
  • Flexible scheduling: each group finds their own time to meet that works for each individual student and mentor. In this way, everyone can find a time to prioritize their faith and participate in an Ut Fidem group.
  • Weekly “commits” in which the group chooses a faith challenge in an effort to take what was discussed in the meeting into their daily lifestyle.
  • Serva Fidem forms groups out of friendships so that the same students who talk about faith, are the same students that eat lunch together, and the same students who play basketball together or sing in choir together, etc. This is vital to avoid the compartmentalization of faith.


Advantages of Small Groups

Serva Fidem can uniquely meet all 5 essential needs of a human person.

  • The need to be understood.
  • The need to belong.
  • The need to be transparent.
  • The need for critical thinking around faith and beliefs.
  • The need for guidance.


Ways to Get Involved with Serva Fidem

  • Join a Serva Fidem group as a student.
  • Discern Serva Fidem as an adult mentor.
  • Join the Serva Fidem prayer team.
  • For more information contact Philip Griffith at pgriffith@bishopkelley.org.