Kinder and 8th Grade Graduation

The School in Don Juan held Kindergarten graduation on the 15th of June.

 The Don Juan eighth grade graduation took place on June 18th. 

Side Project: Andrea's house

One of our side projects was rebuilding the home of Andrea, a widow who lives in the small

community of Hoyo de Plum ,DR.
Andrea and her house before work began

 Andrea's house after

Cornell Men's Hockey Team Visit

May 27th to June 3rd some members of the Cornell Hockey Team, their coach and my very good friend, Mike Schafer, and five friends of the hockey team came down to build a chapel and community center in the community of Bosque Abajo. The group also visited the Portal de Belen Children's Center.

 Mass at Bosque Arriba

 This group photo is at the beach celebrating my 53rd anniversary as a priest

Lunch at Pizza Hut SD on way to the beach hotel

Cornell University Hockey Team Links

Members and friends of the Cornell University Men's Hockey Program recently traveled to the DR to visit and work on projects.

Click on this link for the Men's Ice Hockey page, and this link for their pictorial recap of the trip.

University of Rochester Sigma Chi Fraternity visit

Eleven young men from the University of Rochester fraternity Sigma Chi visited the DR January 4th to the 15th. The group worked on building ten new latrines (out houses) in the barrio of Buenos Aires, Don Juan.

Christmas meal in Los Lanos

Every year the Knights of Columbus in Santo Domingo come to Los Lanos, a very poor community, to put on a Christmas meal for all the people there.

New School Bus

These photos are of our new, but previously owned in the US, school bus for Don Juan, with cartoons on the sides to make it more Caribbean. 

It's amazing how it has thrilled the students and the faculty; it makes them take a greater pride in the school and in themselves.