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The Living In Faith Experience, better known as LIFE, is a Leadership and ministry workshop for high school students who are juniors and seniors to be in the next school year. Schools and parishes from across the US are represented at LIFE Pacific. Those represented this 2010 year were: St. Louis High School (O’ahu), Sacred Hearts (O’ahu), Maryknoll High (O’ahu), Riodran High (California), Chamanade  College Preparatory (California), St. Anthony Padua Parish (Maui), St. Anthony Jr. Sr. High School (Maui).

The Marianist LIFE program first spouted roots in the mid-sixties. A group of students attended workshops to enhance their faith and learn about the Marianist Charisms. The word spread and eventually a group of schools who attended wanted to take the workshops back to their respective schools to create small Christian communities. This, in turn, bubbled into summer retreats to nourish and educate youth in building these small Christian communities. Thirty plus years later, the program is as strong as ever, having 3 LIFE programs that service Marianist schools! LIFE Central meets at Dayton, Ohio. LIFE South meets at San Antonio, TX and LIFE pacific meets in Santa Cruz, California. The LIFE students of each school, upon completion of the summer program, return to their schools to help their campus ministers throughout the next school year. This includes running retreats, helping with mass and other service projects. They are expected to create small group communities with their peers in school or parish.

St. Anthony’s LIFE team usually consists of 8-10 students with 2 adult moderators. A selection committee of former and current moderators and our Administrative Council review LIFE applications in early February. Our team is then selected by the first week of March.

Through generous donations, fundraisers and parent support we were able to send 9 students:
Kaycie Pico
Ka’eo Kan Hai
Christiana Griffiths
Julia Bissen
Paul Berce
Jillian Strong
Gabe Tongson
Luke Livaudais
Amanda Roberts 

They were led adult moderators:
Kumu Lily Koa,
Cristina Smith,
Malorie Chong (and LIFE coordinator)
Mallory Green (new campus minister)

The students are excited to unite with the remaining 4 senior LIFERS who attended in 2009:
Dario Rinaldi
Rachel Uehara
Nerissa Imada
Shelbi Barroga

We encourage everyone to support our LIFE program which enhances the life of our student body at St. Anthony Jr. Sr. High School and we thank everyone who continues to support this wonderful program!