Belen Jesuit Preparatory School

Day of Service: Men for Others

Teresa Martinez | Director of Communications
During the week of March 13-17 Belen Jesuit Preparatory School celebrated Ignatian Week.
The week culminated on March 17 with an opportunity for students to participate in different works of service throughout the school day.
 
Six-hundred middle school students worked throughout the day on the following service projects:
  • 6th Grade:  Sandwich making for the homeless in the Cosculluela Hall. Students made over 1,200 sunflower seed butter and jelly sandwiches which will be distributed to the Missionaries of Charity and Camillus House.
  • 7th Grade:  Hundreds of care packages for the homeless were assembled and will be distributed to the Missionaries of Charity.
  • 8th Grade:  Over 800 book bags were assembled for Caring for Miami.
Six hundred and fifty high school students (grades 9-11) were shown a documentary titled Project S.H.I.E.L.D. (Siblings Help Inform Everyone about Living with Disabilities) that was made by 11th grade student Andres Dones. Andres has a brother with special needs and has seen firsthand the difficulties his brother encounters. As a true Man for Others, Andres' hope is that this documentary not only shed light to the daily struggles of families with a special need child, but calls us all to treat them with tremendous compassion and love. The film was shown to the middle school in January.
 
“Ignatian Week is an opportunity for students to study about the life of Saint Ignatius, the history of the Jesuit Order, Jesuit saints, Ignatian ideals such as “Finding God in all Things” and the impact of the Jesuits in our world today,” said Kathleen Mackle, Theology Department Chairperson. 

Click here to view pictures from Ignatian Week. 
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BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: communications@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba, by Queen Isabel II of Spain.  The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline.  In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the school's property and expelled the Jesuit faculty.  The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit is situated on a 34-acre site in western Dade County, just minutes away from downtown Miami.