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Knight Street, East New Orleans

New Orleans, LA - Hello from New Orleans! Day one on the work site, and my hands are already sore. So… what the 411? Well, we got up early, around 6:45 a.m., ate a quick breakfast, and packed our lunches for the worksite. The Louisiana air was warm and wet, which I...

The First Day of School

Browning, MT - Everyone got ready for the day, kids started to come in, me and my team introduced ourselves to the kids, and then shipped off to our classes. I walked into my class for advisory, which was 5th Grade, and as I walked in, there were only four kids who...

Rochester Update

Rochester, NY - Wow! What a journey. After a long trip from Winona we finally made it to Rochester, NY on Sunday morning. We were warmly greeted by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and after we got unpacked. We had lunch and went to see our various sites, got some history...

Food Deserts

New Orleans, LA - Though the day started out rainy, it soon became colorful when we attended liturgy at Our Lady of Guadeloupe/St. Jude. The church itself was vibrant just as the Mass was. The congregation and the choir filled the church with soul, joy, and faith....

Morning Bells

Flint, MI - What a way to begin the week awakening to the sound of church bells! How appropriate to start our time of service here with Mass. As we were able to meet some of the residents of Flint, it was incredible to see the community and how appreciative they were...

Dogs!

Browning, MT - Sunday morning we all got up, showered, and changed, and even had enough time to play a few rounds of UNO before we departed to Mass. Mass was a nice service, and afterwards, at breakfast we were introduced to Aimee’s family, since she herself is from...

Excitement and Apprehension

Tulsa, OK - We pulled into the Bishop Kelley complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma around 7:30 p.m. last night. Our trip was completed without a hitch unlike many of our other SOUL brothers and sisters that we’ve been in contact with. We were greeted with a feast of “Cane’s”...

Browning, Here We Come!

Browning, MT - Prelude: Me and a group of 9 to 11 other SMU students led by Aimee Boggs are heading to Browning, Montana to help out at the De La Salle Blackfeet school which is a Lasallian school on the Blackfoot Reservation there. Friday 2/23 “Browning Here We...

A Day of Travel

New Orleans, LA - Today was a day of travel: as Sister Monica put it when we told her of our adventure, today was “our version of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” (minus the train ride). We started our day with a two hour drive to the airport, and, no, I did not get...

We Are Off!

We Are Off!

Coordinating travel for five groups holds some unique challenge, especially when blizzards in Montana affect travel to New York but through some flexibility by the group and help from Cole at Enterprise Rent A Car - we are all where we need to be this morning. As the...