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Mexico Mission
¡AMIGOS!
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Since
1986, hundreds of
students, staff, and graduates of Assumption College
have spent two weeks during May and June working and living in Mexico.
There, whether in the country north of Mexico City or in a neighborhood
in the southern portion of the city itself, missionaries have been
finding new insight into the gifts of community, work, and faith. |
COMMUNITY
The
experience of a new kind of community begins with formation meetings
and fundraising efforts at Assumption throughout the school year.
It continues as the Mission group travels together to Mexico in
May. Our first community activity is a pilgrimage to the Basilica
of Our Lady of Guadelupe in Mexico City where we pray for Our Lady's
inspiration and protection. The experience of community expands
as we encounter the warm hospitality of the Religious of the Assumption
and the Assumptionists of Mexico. For the first time, many understand
that Assumption is a worldwide
community without borders that makes the Mexico Mission
possible. |
WORK
Work
is another essential component of the Mexico Mission. Whether doing manual labor for a village ,
painting a chapel
in the country, or playing with neighborhood children, we
discover that working together can create a powerful spirit of community
and solidarity. The small tasks completed during our short stay
do not permanently change the places we visit, but they do change
us and connect us with our host communities in Mexico in powerful
and unpredictable ways. |
FAITH
| The gift of faith is what transforms the Mission from a great vacation into a life-changing Mission. Each evening the group gathers to celebrate Mass and share reflections on what they have encountered during the day's work and play. They are inevitably inspired by their new "amigos", and they are moved to see themselves in a new light: the light of faith. For many, this is their first explicit experience of life in the Spirit inspired by Jesus Christ. Throughout their pilgrimage of discovery and beyond, the motto of the Assumption College Mexico Mission endures: OUR MISSION IS PEOPLE! |
Won't
you consider becoming an Amigo? The Mexico Mission process begins
each fall with applications and interviews due before Thanksgiving
break. We meet twice before the Christmas Holiday and several times
throughout the spring to form a community, develop our sense of
mission, and raise funds together. We travel to Mexico immediately
following Assumption's graduation during the last week of May. |
Mexico Mission photo gallery!
Please
contact 508-767-7474 for more
information about the Mexico Mission program.
Spread the Word!Last
update 26 June 2008
by Stephanie S. McCaffrey
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Pictures from previous
Mexico Missions
Nicole Lagace, '08 with
two new Mexican amigas.
Mexican vista
Playing soccer...
Dinner in Magdalena
