Belen Youth Missions

Belen Jesuit Youth Mission group photograph 2023

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For over 40 years, Belen students have participated in missionary work in the most impoverished areas of the Dominican Republic. In connection with other Jesuit priests from the Caribbean Province serving in the Dominican Republic, we have engaged our students in service projects aimed at benefiting rural communities across the country.

Our students share life, faith and work with campesino communities who become our teachers in the faith and, as friends in Christ.

Together with the local people, our students have participated in the construction of small schools, chapels, and bridges. In addition, we have been able to set up medical missions to these places with the help of Belen parents who are physicians or nurses.

Students participating in the 2018 Belen Youth Mission sitting on a wooden bridge.

Students participating in the 2017 Belen Youth Mission posing for a photograph with the foundations of the building they are constructing.

Students participating in the 2024 Belen Youth Mission sitting together on a hillside.

Students participating in the 2014 Belen Youth Mission pose for a photograph on a construction site over a river.

Students participating in the 2025 Belen Youth Mission holding tools and shovels.

Students participating in the 2022 Belen Youth Mission being sprayed with water and laughing.

Students participating in the 2019 Belen Youth Mission smiling for a photograph in the sunshine.

BYM IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Belen Youth Missions is open only to students who have completed 11th grade. Registration information is sent via email in mid-January.

Please note registration is limited to 60 current Belen Jesuit juniors and is conditional on their academic and disciplinary records. Anyone who registers is not necessarily committed to attend, nor is he guaranteed to be selected for the trip. Once the first 60 slots are filled, a waiting list will be available on the registration webpage. Students wishing to attend BYM will not be able to participate in summer school.

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MISSIONS OVER THE DECADES

1980s

1981 – Janey – Built an Elderly Center
1982 – La Cejita – Built an Aqueduct
1983 – La Cejita – Finished the aqueduct
1984 – La Cejita – Built a schoolhouse
1985 – La Cejita – Added classroom and built latrines
1986 – La Guama – Built a chapel
1987 – El Aguacate – Built a schoolhouse
1988 – Los Naranjos – Built an aqueduct
1989 – Rincón Largo – Built a chapel and an aqueduct

1990s

1990 – Jumunuco – Built an aqueduct – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1991 – Loma de los Ríos – Built an Aqueduct – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1992 – Jamamú – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1993 – Yaque Arriba – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1994 – Yaque Arriba – Built Roads – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1995 – Yaque Arriba – Built an Aqueduct – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1996 – Yaque Arriba – Built Roads – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1997 – Janey – Provided Electricity – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1998 – Bambú – Built a School – Established a Makeshift Clinic
1999 – San Rafael del Yuma – Built a Fence for an Orphanage

2000s

2000 – Los Arroyos – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2001 – La Piragua – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2002 – La Piragua – Built an Aqueduct – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2003 – Yarda – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2004 – Yaroa – Built an Aqueduct – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2004 – Monte Adentro – Build a chapel
2005 – Arroyo Caña – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2006 – Venú – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2007 – Sabaneta de Mata Grande – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2008 – Arroyo Blanco – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2009 – Pedro García – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic

2010s

2010 – Loma de Comedero – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2011 – Pescado Bobo – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2012 – San Felipe Abajo – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2013 – La Piragua – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2014 – Hoyo de Perez – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2015 – El Puerto – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2016 – Batey – Built a Bridge
2017 – La Estrancita – Built a Bridge
2018 – San Felipe Abajo – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic
2019 – Vaca Gorda – Built a Bridge – Established a Makeshift Clinic

2020s

2020 – Cancelled due to COVID
2021 – Cancelled due to COVID
2022 – Yerba Buena – Build an aqueduct
2023 – Corocito – Build an aqueduct
2024 – La Colonia – Build an aqueduct
2025 – Janey – Build an aqueduct
2026 - La Cuchilla- Build an aqueduct

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