Hurricane Maria Relief Efforts
At the beginning of the school year, Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston area. We rallied as a community and raised over $17,500 for our brother school Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School.
A few weeks ago Hurricane Irma impacted our South Florida community and we were called to Run to the Fire and help our neighbors in the Florida Keys. The response was immediate and we collected thousands of needed supplies which were sent to the Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea for their Stock Island mission and other outreach programs.
Now, once again, we are called to help. Nearly 100% of the island of Puerto Rico is without power, 95% is without water and the communications system has been destroyed. The Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, said this is the “worst hurricane in modern history”, comparable only to Hurricane St. Felipe Segundo in 1928. This damage is unprecedented. Many members of our Belen community have family in Puerto Rico and they need our help – we must Run to the Fire once more.
The Belen Jesuit Key Club is working with Campus Ministry and the Alumni Association to raise money for those in most need, and collaborating with our brothers at the Colegio San Ignacio in San Juan. How can you help? For the next week, members of the Key Club will be collecting money at drop off and during theology classes. Additionally, please consider making an online contribution towards the relief efforts at, http://www.belenjesuit.org/hurricanemaria.
Our community always rises to the occasion in times of hardships and this is no exception. Help the relief efforts with whatever you can contribute; every cent counts! Please also share the donation link on social media so that we can reach even more people. The more people we can get behind this cause, the more we can provide in aid to the people of Puerto Rico.
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: communications@belenjesuit.org
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.