Students Serve in Philadelphia for Spring Plunge

June 11, 2012

Ten St. John’s students demonstrated a large dose of brotherly and sisterly love as they took part in Campus Ministry’s annual service immersion “Plunge” experience in Philadelphia, PA, May 14 – 19, 2012. With the school year recently completed, the group traveled down to the St. Vincent de Paul Center for Youth and Young Adult Ministry to take part in a week of serving the Germantown — a section of the city rich in Vincentian heritage. Nicole Hadley, Graduate Assistant for Campus Ministry, along with Rafael Rivera and James Behan, Campus Ministers, led the experience geared toward exposing students to service, simple community life and solidarity with the poor and disadvantaged.

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