Continuing the Heritage Day of Service (CTH) is a University-wide service project that takes place at the beginning of the Fall semester. The event is sponsored and organized by the Office of Community Engagement and Office of Mission.
Over 400 St. Mary’s volunteers come together to contribute more than 2,000 hours of community service to kick off the academic year.
Fall 2024 Event Information
Saturday, Aug. 24
8 a.m. to Noon
The Flex Field at St. Mary’sContinuing the Heritage is a proud partnership between the Office of Mission and Rector, the Office of Community Engagement and the Marianist Leadership Program.
For more information, contact the Office of Community Engagement at engagement@stmarytx.edu.
Students, faculty, staff and alumni volunteer for community projects around San Antonio. They lend their time and talent to paint houses for the elderly in the St. Mary’s neighborhood area, work in community gardens, serve food to the homeless at Haven for Hope, paint playgrounds at Head Start locations, remove graffiti and more.
Since 2003, nearly 8,000 volunteers have offered approximately 42,000 hours to organizations providing much-needed service throughout San Antonio.
Previous partners have included Catholic Charities, Family Service Neighborhood Place, Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House, Guadalupe Home, Guadalupe Community Center, Roots of Change Community Garden, Roy Maas Youth Alternatives, San Antonio Food Bank, the St. Mary’s Legal and Social Justice Center, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital and many more.
