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St. Thomas-Phila based El Salvadore Team  
   

St. Thomas-Phila based El Salvadore Team

When this photo was taken several members of the Philly team had left...Missing is Mia and Laura and the Engineers without Borders (there with us in spirit tho!)
Post Trip Reflections, Entry 1 and 2

August 15th 2010
Entry #1 Post Trip Reflections This summer I took my first foreign mission trip. On July 23, I departed with 14 others from St. Thomas of Villanova Parish and headed to San Salvador, El Salvador . We were part of project FIAT (Faith in Action Together, an outreach of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). The sisters have a mission house there (Casa Voluntariado Santa Rafaela Maria), b ... read more
Central America Caribbean » El Salvador

Salvadoran Flag El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that prov... ... read more
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