Angel Tree Project

One of St. Lawrence Seminary High School's most popular community-wide ministry projects is the Angel Tree Project. The Angel Tree Project is a national program that provides Christmas presents for children who have a parent in prison or jail. “When I was in prison you visited me,” is a statement from the Gospel of Matthew, citing Christ’s challenge for us to go and do the same.

Our students don’t physically visit the prisoners. However, through the sharing of gifts with the children they do the next best thing, which is to treat the families of the incarcerated with respect and integrity. The Angel Tree Project is an integral part of our Advent journey, because it is the only ministry project that is embraced by the entire St. Lawrence community. Seniors deliver gifts to the families, juniors shop for the gifts, sophomores wrap the gifts and freshmen write cards for the families. 

"I liked this ministry because I know I helped put a smile on those children's faces." Naveen Tomy (’09).

"I had a very good experience with the Angel Tree Project. Naveen and I were about to leave a store, when a man stopped us. The man said that he heard we were from Angel Tree and said that he was very proud of what we were doing. He proceeded to give us ten dollars each. We thanked him and he wished us happy holidays. This showed me the impact that I was making by carrying out this ministry and how kind strangers can turn out to be." Matias Trinidad (’09).