It takes a village - Support BYM
This summer, 60 Belen Jesuit rising seniors will participate in the Belen Youth Missions from June 28 through July 6, and we need your help to reach our $60,000 goal.
Our mission is clear: to build an aqueduct for the people of Janey, which serves three communities and is home to 180 families (710 people) in the Dominican Republic. In conjunction with our partners at the Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC), the team led by Fr. Willie ‘87 will build the aqueduct.
Our students will be joined by faculty and alumni as they embark on this endeavor. The students will be doing the heavy lifting and tremendous hard work of digging and laying 8.7 miles of pipe to replace an over 40-year-old aqueduct. Our group will undoubtedly complete the project because they know that surrounding communities will benefit from their labor, and in true Ignatian fashion, the Magis will be on display during those hot summer days in the DR.
They will attend daily Mass during the mission trip and have been challenged to pray to the Blessed Mother for her intercession leading up to the start of BYM. We ask that the community keep them in prayer before and during their journey.
The old adage, “It takes a village,” applies here. It will take the “village” of Belen to come together to help our students live our mantra, “Men for Others,” as they continue to prepare for the 2025 Mission Trip. Click here to support our participants.
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.