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School’s Back in Session

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It’s that time of year again. Fresh-faced college students are packing up their cars, waving good-bye to their parents, and driving off to a new school year. Similar scenes are happening all around the U.S.—and the world. High up in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia, about 700 excited students are preparing to fill the classrooms of Carmen Pampa University, one of Cross Catholic’s dynamic ministry partners.

Poor Parents Beat Back-to-School Blues

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When I was a young single mom, the month of August was always a struggle. That’s when I had to get my kid school supplies. I couldn’t afford to get her a whole new wardrobe like some of her schoolmates got because my salary hovered around the U.S. poverty line at the time. But somehow we managed. She always (well, usually) started school with everything she needed.

The Church in the Jungle

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Fr. Montalvo is a recent arrival to the Santa Rosa Mission in Guyana. Originally from Peru, he tells us he is thrilled to be working in Guyana, and he stresses the continuing importance of the Cross Catholic-funded school feeding program he helps manage.

Thanks from Peru!

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The students at the Home Incarnate Word boarding homes in Cotahuasi, Peru, gave us an enthusiastic welcome with lots of music and home-made signs. We were serenaded in the afternoon and later that evening with songs in both Spanish and Quechua – the local indigenous language. Then as we departed with Fr. Jose Paz, the kids ran outside in the rain to wish us a final farewell.