The Advent and Lenten Recollection provides Deaf students an opportunity for spiritual reflection, prayer, and inner renewal. Through guided sessions and community fellowship, students cultivate peace, gratitude, and resilience. The activity fosters holistic well-being by addressing spiritual and emotional dimensions of health, helping students find strength through faith and shared values.
The Advent Recollection is an annual activity for first-year students at SDEAS. It aims to help our Deaf students understand the true meaning of Advent in the Catholic faith and to guide them in spiritually preparing for the coming of Christmas. The Advent Recollection was held on December 6, 2023.
The central theme focuses on recognizing God’s presence among His people through Jesus Christ, the Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.” His coming brings hope, joy, and strength in the midst of our challenges and struggles.
For our Deaf students, this Recollection is also an invitation to see God’s presence in their daily lives—in their families, classmates, teachers, and Deaf community. Through reflection, prayer, and sharing, they are encouraged to trust that God communicates with them in their own language. The virtue of Hope reminds them that even when life feels difficult, God never abandons us. With this hope, they can face the future with confidence, knowing that their lives have purpose and that God’s love continues to guide them.
The Lenten Recollection is an annual event for first-year Deaf students in the second term, focusing on the meaning of Lent and Holy Week. It encourages a deeper understanding of Christ’s saving action and helps students prepare spiritually for His death and resurrection through penance and prayer. The Lenten Recollection was held on March 15, 2024.
This year, the focus is on the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, which help deepen one’s relationship with God. Deaf students are encouraged to reflect on how they can live these pillars in ways that are meaningful to their daily lives—such as taking quiet moments to pray in sign language, giving up negative attitudes or habits, showing kindness and generosity toward others, and offering their time to help classmates, family, and the Deaf community.
Through these actions, they learn that Lent is not only a season of sacrifice but also a time to grow in love, forgiveness, and hope, remembering that God’s message of salvation is for everyone, and that His love continues to reach them in the silence of their hearts and the beauty of their signs.
