Students pose after being called to “Petra House” at JSerra Catholic High School in Orange County, California, April 28, 2025. / Credit: JSerra Catholic High School
CNA Staff, May 21, 2025 / 10:05 am (CNA).
ACatholicschoolinSouthernCaliforniaispreparingtolauncha“housesystem”thatitsayswillhelpstudentsconnectwithoneanotherandfosterleadershipamongyoungCatholicspreparingtogooutintotheworld.
JSerraCatholicHighSchoolinSanJuanCapistranosaidinapressreleasethatthehousearrangementwill“fostercommunity,providementorship,andcultivateleadershiprootedinGospelvalues.”
Thesixhousesintowhichstudentscanbegrouped—Alta,Carmel,Monterey,SanOnofre,Petra,andVentura—are“eachnamedafterplacessignificanttothelifeofSt.JuniperoSerra.”
Theschoolsaidthenewprogram“comesatacriticaltimeasyoungpeopleareexperiencinggreatersocialdisconnectionandmentalhealthchallengesthaneverbefore.”Itcitedstudiesindicatingthatyoungpeopleareexperiencingextremesocialdisconnectionwiththeirpeers,engagingin“70%lesssocialinteractionwiththeirfriends”co
