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IONA PREP SERVICE
After months of fundraising and preparation, groups of students traveled to New Orleans and Perú for their respective service trips. Their dedication and hard work changed the lives of many and inspires others to do the same...
IONA PREP TRAVELS TO NEW
ORLEANSMARCH 29 – APRIL 2, 2010
Working with Operation Helping Hands, we were able help a small
part of New Orleans damaged
by Hurricane Katrina…
Getting our supplies ready for the day ahead!
Starting off at one of the houses…
Our group spent four
days working on this home around the
Garden District of
New Orleans
Priming…
…and scraping!
Saying goodbye to a finished house and happy mother!
Starting work on our other
house.
Caulking the outside of the
home!
And more painting at our second house!
Our group met with students from
other Catholic schools from around the country.
We spent the evening with the Brothers in New
Orleans and learned about their own
experiences.
Our home for the week.
The Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, five years later…
Empty lots and vacant homes…
Many houses are still marked from the search and rescues teams after Katrina.
Our new friend thanking us for our work.
St. Raymond’s Catholic School has become the Catholic Charities headquarters for hurricane recovery volunteering.
Much of the school was converted immediately after Hurricane Katrina. There was little time to salvage what was left.
Leaving our hand-print on the wall…
Iona Prep in PeruJune 28-July 8, 2010
“The Will of God be done in this and everything we undertake” –Bl. Edmund Rice
A Home on the Mountain
We spent several days
building a home for a family that never had
one.
Building doors for their new home!
New walls, a new floor, a new roof… A new home.
Henry!
La Escuela
Fe y Alegría No. 26
Across the world,
children learn about the life of
Bl. Edmund Rice.
We spent time
speaking with the students
and getting to know
them.
Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of San Jose
The faded convent walls
were covered in graffiti and desperately
needed to be painted.
Sister Josephine
Her message was to work as Christ rather than simply for Christ.
A Home for the Homeless
This couple’s home often sheltered the homeless and was quite crowded.
Rodrigo!
Hogar San Francisco De Asis – Medical Mission
The children helped us wash the dishes and clean up after lunch.
We spent time playing soccer and other games with the children.
“Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father” Matthew 5:16
“I adore all that is not mine, you for example”
“Happiness” “Admire and
enjoy the values of people and the wonders of nature and life”
Credits
Created by: Sean Cuddy (New Orleans/ Peru) & Savio Paul (New Orleans)
Music: “World on Fire” by Sarah McLachlan, “Kind and Generous” by Natalie Merchant
Photographs: Sean Cuddy, Maryellen Fealy, Dana Pisani, Maureen Kiers, Lisa Fealy
Special Thanks: Sister Josephine, San Francisco Medical Mission, Fe y Alegria No. 26
The End
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