In order to prepare themselves for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, youth from SS. Simon and Jude parish, Gravesend, worked on projects to help raise awareness of problems arising from abuse, autism, poverty, hunger, cancer, suicide risk, bullying and racism.

This is one of the ways their director of faith formation, Sara Nespoli, teaches the youth that one cannot simply identify oneself as a Catholic, one has to live as a disciple of Christ. This means treating faith as a verb. In total, the class raised $500 to promote the cause of their choice.