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October 23rd 2008

Ateos is a poorer area, 35km out of San Salvador. Marists are involved in the parish primary school, called San Antonio and the Secondary Technical School called Jesus the Worker Technical Institute. The Brothers came to the area in 1987. They live a little further out at the base of the nearby mountains.... read more




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October 23rd 2008

It was a privilege to be able to visit the place where six Jesuit priests, a domestic employee and her young daughter were murdered after midnight on 16th November, 1989. It is now clear a commando of Salvadoran soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and carried out the murders on behalf of the Government.... read more




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October 23rd 2008

The Brothers administer two significant schools in San Salvador - Escuela San Alfonso which is located adjacent to the Retreat Centre and Liceo Salvadoreno a large school with 2,200 students which stands adjacent to a large volcano in San Salvador.... read more




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Tara P
October 23rd 2008

We had another amazing day in Balernos, the village where we are building. Today we had extra help from the volunteers from Cristo Rey Lutheran. Blanca, Amelia and Maricella joined us to help prep trenches and rebar and haul concrete blocks to the job site from the road. Part of the team spent the entire day moving the concrete blocks while others tied more rebar and tamped sand into the trenches. It was another day of hard labor, but well worth the effort. Today was a special day for our team because we had a cultural exchange with the families and the neighborhood children. First the children took us on a tour of their village. We saw the creek that runs through and visited two churches. The children were so excited to show us around. They ... read more




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October 22nd 2008

The Marist Community at the Escuela San Alfonso (St Alphonsus School) welcomed me warmly when I arrived in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. Brs Roberto and Alex collected me from the airport which is about an hour's drive from the Marist school where I was staying. The Brothers' Community is located on the same site as the School and the Marist Retreat Centre.... read more




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October 22nd 2008

The Marist Province of Central America is made up of Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerta Rica, Costa Rica and Nicuagua. It has a number of Brothers working in a Ministry Team. The team is based at a Ministry Centre at the Province Centre in Guatemala City. A number of lay men and women are involved in groups led by team members. The Team Members are: Br Edgardo Lopez - Ministry and Youth & Vocations in Guatemala; Br Jose Antonio - Solidarity; Br Nice - Youth and Vocations; Br Balbino - Catechesis; Br Luis Carlos - Education; Br Mynor - Ministry in El Salvador.... read more




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Tara P
October 18th 2008

The first of our group, Katie, Tim and Tara made it Friday night. It was a long day but all the flights went well and we arrived on time in San Salvador. Got a good night sleep and met some interesting Americans last night at our hotel near the airport. The three of us will be heading back to the airport to meet the rest of our group around Noon. Hope to post more tonight!... read more




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Sandrita
September 29th 2008

Tid är ett underligt koncept. För det mesta passerar den alldeles för fort, men i bland passerar den utan nya intryck och utan nya utmaningar. Detta är inte fallet för min del och jag älskar det! Nu har en månad har förflutit av min tid här och jag har hunnit med massor! Jag har funnit nya vänner från hela världen, jag lär mig nya saker varje dag och jag får leva i och studera nya kulturer. Så det känns som om min månad varit väldigt lång just för att den varit fylld av så mycket... El Salvador har redan vuxit att bli en del av mitt hjärta. Människornas vänlighet och nyfikenhet har slagit mig med häpnad och de gör allt för att man ska trivas. Ute på landet där människor lever på en dollar om dagen ... read more




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Reynolds Road Trip
September 21st 2008

Good day people , it is Brad here and I am typing the blog today. Do you know what ten years is. Some call it a decade. Today I woke with a sense of pride and fulfilment after living through 3 decades of life. Everyone in St.Lucia , Guatemala must have known it was my special birthday because at 5 am the trucks were roaring by and never shy with the honking. Guatemalans get up early and the buses are ornatley decorated and packed with eager workers. We left the hotel in wet boots and high spirits going to the gas station down the road and upon entering said station the gas attendant was laughing at Blane and pointing at his tank bag. It seems he had an illegal immigrant , namely a big frog ... read more




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Sandrita
September 10th 2008

Hejsan alla mina vänner! Tolv dagar har nu passerat av min vistelse här i Sydamerikas minsta, men också mest tätbefolkade land: El Salvador. Landet är fantastiskt frodigt med otroliga landskap som breder ut sig i dalar och vulkaner. I detta subtropiska klimat är inte årstiderna indelade som våra, utan här finns snarare bara sommar och vinter. Vi är nu i det som de refererar till som vinter, som också är deras regnperiod. Detta innebär att det regnar nästan varenda dag med en intensitet och mängd som varierar. Här kan det falla 250 mm i ett enda regn! Så fuktigheten kan vara lite jobbig i bland, men då det ju aldrig blir kallt överhuvudtaget så gör det inte så mycket att bli genomsur! Jag och Joel, min volontärkompis, kom fram till San Salvador som huvudstaden heter, den ... read more









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