# @canisiushs on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-10-17T19:00:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Canisius High School (@canisiushs) — https://gondola.cc/canisiushs

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The newest members of CHS learned more about what it means to be a part of our Jesuit school community Wednesday as the Class of 2029 experienced its Freshman Retreat.
 
The one-day retreat is based on the Jesuit pillar of Cura Personalis (care of the whole person) and is run by our Campus Ministry program and CHS upperclassmen. Students spend time during the retreat engaging in various activities, which included exploring the Our Lady of Victory National Shrine and Basilica in Lackawanna.
 
The retreat began in Scaccia Auditorium, where students applauded the seniors who volunteered to help lead the retreat before a great presentation by Fr. Brendan Gottschall, S.J., Assistant Vocation Director for the East Coast Province of the Jesuits.
 
At Our Lady of Victory, students and faculty leaders heard a presentation on the legacy of Fr. Nelson Baker by Monsignor David LiPuma, the rector of OLV. They then toured the basilica and its Fr. Baker Museum. While at OLV, the freshmen heard presentations by current CHS seniors.
 
The group then participated in Mass in the basilica, celebrated by Fr. Gottschall with concelebrants Director of Campus Ministry Fr. Chuck Frederico, S.J.. Assistant to the Principal Fr. Edward Durkin, S.J., and Monsignor LiPuma.
 
Our extensive retreat program also includes Emmaus for sophomores, Kairos for juniors, the Senior Silent Retreat, Wilderness Retreat and others.
 
You can support our Campus Ministry program via its Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, Nov. 14. See canisiushigh.org/spaghetti
 
Families interested in our unique CHS Campus Ministry experiences and the excellence only found in a Jesuit education at Canisius can learn more by arranging an on-campus experience via canisiushigh.org/visit
 
This place is special. Let us show you why.
 
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