Chaplain's Message

March 2025

Next year at Bishop Carroll, every single junior student will attend a Kairos retreat, a three-day, two-night experience that allows the students to get away from the busyness, pressures, and distractions of day-to-day life in order to make time and space to encounter God. Leading these retreats will be a group of seniors, who we are in the process of selecting. Part of this process involves interviewing students who have applied, asking them why they want to be a part of this team.

This process, while time-consuming, has been very eye-opening for me and, I think, for other faculty and administration who are involved. I am consistently amazed by the response of many students, some of whom I barely know, who speak about their lives of prayer at a very mature, profound level. We have students who truly know God.

I am consistently amazed, too, by the desire of our students to help their classmates and friends encounter and experience His love that changes our lives. We have students who want to make God known.

This is, for me, what makes Bishop Carroll such a wonderful place to work. I often catch myself thinking, and expressing to colleagues, how fun this job is. It is a joy to know all the students, and to see the good work God is beginning in their lives.

Thank you, first, to the parents of our students, who lay the foundation that we have the privilege of building upon. And thank you for your support, that makes this incredible work possible for me, and for all our faculty and staff. Please continue to pray for us, that God will continue to make Himself known to our students and fill our hearts with His peace that surpasses all understanding.

Fr. Hayden Charles

Chaplain

Fr. Hayden Charles '13

Chaplain

Bishop Carroll Catholic High School