Fast and abstinence on the days prescribed should be considered a minimum response to the Lord's call to penance and conversion. Serious reasons, however, like sickness, obviously excuse one from these rules. The purpose of the workshop is to educate the students on hunger issues within the city, and to further that understanding by offering ideas of what they, as students, can do to relieve the problem. A committee of high school and colleges students organizs the day in conjunction with Harvest for Hunger. There is a simultaneous curriculum workshop for all faculty who attend.
Lunch is provided, and a service opportunity is offered in the afternoon.
March 12, 1999. Rather than the traditional soliciting of donations from the faculty, staff and administrators, a formal banquet will be held the evening of March 12 in the Lombardo Student Center. Invitations will be delivered the week of February 8, 1999. Reservations are due by spring break. Working with MPower2Feed, the 1999 on campus Harvest for Hunger initiative will be the largest yet.