Mission

The mission of the Service Learning and Community Outreach Program is to engage students and faculty in community-centered learning which is grounded in the Catholic, Benedictine, and liberal arts values of Saint Vincent College.

Facts About Outreach

Below are a few of the proven benefits from participation in Service Learning courses:

• Increases student's ability to retain course information 
• Increases student's understanding of course material 
• Reduces stereotypes, facilitates racial and cultural understanding 
• Increases analytical skills 
• Fosters a deeper bond between professors and students 
• Positive effect on spiritual growth 
• Positive effect on moral development
• Students participating in SL are more likely to graduate and become involved in community service after college

Source: http://www.servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/aag.pdf

"Great care and concern are to be shown in receiving the poor ...because in them more particularly is Christ received; our very awe of the rich guarantees them special respect." - RB 53:15