At Bishop Shanahan High School, teachers hope their students will put into action the lessons they learn in class, writes Nick Regina for CatholicPhilly.com.

They certainly will if they take Faith in Action, a peer ministry course offered to juniors and seniors as a theology elective. In this course, putting lessons into action is the class. Here, among other things, students plan food drives, lead liturgies, and manage spiritual retreats.

The aim of the course is to equip students to act out their faith by sustaining their prayer lives and becoming leaders.

“It is an active response to the call to service, which is rooted in baptism,” said school minister Father John Donia. “We seek to empower young people to be a living Gospel within the community.”

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Father Donia established the class at Bishop Shanahan in 2016 with the Faith in Action Team, or FIAT. In order to join the team, students had to complete an application and undergo an interview.

Students were selected by their ability to demonstrate leadership skills and their willingness to serve.

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