Gaylord, MI 49735 Spiritual and Educational Social Justice Trips
The concept of "pilgrimage" for spiritual development and wisdom has long had a place in Church tradition. The Secretariat for Justice and Peace offers several opportunities both at home and abroad for "pilgrimage" in light of Catholic Social Teaching. These trips do not involve construction projects but rather interior exploration, education, and changed perspective. Please contact Fr. Wayne for more information!
"If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But, if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine then let us work together." - Aboriginal Australian woman
Summer Youth Mission Experience
This is an opportunity for Junior High and High School age youth, together with their parents and/or youth ministers, to deepen and share their faith and talents.
We open the way to accomplish these goals by providing the following opportunities:
- Being a Catholic presence at the migrant camps through prayer, songs, skits and reflection.
- Visiting and sharing with migrant families at their homes.
- Having daily group reflection time.
- Celebrating Eucharist with the Hispanic migrant and local community.
- Exposure to the causes of poverty and global migration and its effect on the local economy.
- Learning about the history of migration in northern Michigan, particularly in Grand Traverse, Leelanau and Benzie Counties.
Trip details:
- August 6, 2008 through August 10, 2006 (5 nights)
- Cost of $75 per person, per week.
- Group is expected to bring their own transportation.
- Adults are expected to drive youth to camps and be active participants also.
| Contact: | Rev. Wayne Dziekan |
| Phone: | 231.409.1387 |
U.S. Mexican Border Educational Experience
Learn about migration first hand, from people that live and work "on the ground, in the midst of it all."
Meet Columban missionaries, Border patrol agents, migrants at shelters on both sides of the Border, and common people trying to live their lives in service to their community.
- Why are people coming?
- What are their hopes and dreams?
- Is a bigger Border wall a good idea?
- What is Catholic Social Teaching and how does it apply to the Border?
- What needs to be a part of Comprehensive Immigration Reform in order to address the real issue?
- What is the difference between Fair Trade and Free Trade?
- What is the relationship between Neoliberal Economics and poverty and migration?
Visit 4 Border towns: El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico; Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Mexico. Trip details:
- October 20 through October 26, 2008 (6 nights)
- On the ground cost: Approximately $125 a day
- Must be 18 or older
- Transportation to and from El Paso Texas is at the participant's expense.
| Contact: | Rev. Wayne Dziekan |
| Phone: | 231.409.1387 |