Missionary projects

On the 3rd of January Fr. Brian Cool and seven students from the University of Rochester arrived in the DR. In the photo of the group arriving, Fr. Brian is the second from the left; I have known him since he was two years old.

The students are members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. While in the DR, the group built seven outhouses for poor families in Don Juan, and also visited their project from January 2010, the facility in L'Elmo, DR.

Many poor families have neither indoor bathroom facilities nor outhouses. The great outdoors is their only resource. The crew set about to dig deep holes for the outhouses and then to make the cement platform for the floor with a cement toilet of sorts. I think the photos explain themselves.





visit to L'Elmo

Also at the same time Ed Hinchey, Jim Gascon and Charlie were down in Don Juan to work on the future purification of the water from our well for use in the school and convent. While visiting the group repaired all the toilets and sinks in the school and made plans for the development of the project. Work on the water project will continue in March.