San Felipe Abajo
This summer, 51 students and a group of chaperones will travel to San Felipe Abajo in the Dominican Republic to take part in the Belen Youth Missions.
From June 29 to July 8, the missionaries will build a bridge that will ultimately help five communities comprised of over 180 families. The bridge will be 100 feet long x 12 feet wide and have 6 columns. BYM last visited this town in 2012 to build a bridge, but after several storms and a shift in the river, it is necessary to rebuild. The new bridge will be built in a more strategic location, which will be more useful during the rainy season.
In addition to the bridge, the missionaries will also establish a makeshift clinic. Doctors and medical students will accompany the missionaries on the trip and will serve the community. In order to support the clinic, donations are being accepted. Items can be purchased via our Amazon Wish List: http://amzn.com/w/1R54984TVRURU.
In order to fund the construction of the bridge, each student has been tasked with raising a minimum of $1,000. To accomplish this feat, participants have been setup with a fundraising web page so that friends and family can donate towards their goal and help the overall mission. If you would like to help these young men reach their goal or make a general donation to BYM, please click here.
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.