March Service Immersion Trip - Mystery Trip to Denver
In March 2019, University Ministry sent forth three service immersion groups to embrace a week of service, prayer, solidarity, simplicity, social justice, and theological reflection.
The third group was our mystery service immersion trip. Students signed up for this trip not knowing where they would be going or what exactly they would be doing. On the day of departure students learned that they would be traveling to Denver, CO to work with a program called Christ in the City. This service trip was rooted in doing street outreach with those who are experiencing urban homelessness.
In all we had 26 students, staff, and faculty participate in our spring break service immersion trips.
March Service Immersion Trip - Nazareth Farm in Salem, WV
In March 2019, University Ministry sent forth three service immersion groups to embrace a week of service, prayer, solidarity, simplicity, social justice, and theological reflection.
The second group was our service immersion trip to Nazareth Farm in Salem, WV where the theme was rural poverty and Appalachia. This trip was focused doing home repairs in the local community. Students also learned about the history of Appalachia, about the effects of rural poverty, and Catholic Social Teaching.
March Service Immersion Trip - Chicago
In March 2019, University Ministry sent forth three service immersion groups to embrace a week of service, prayer, solidarity, simplicity, social justice, and theological reflection.
The first group was our service immersion trip to Chicago, IL, which was centered on the theme of Inclusion and Re-Imagining Love. This trip was rooted in service at Misericordia, which is a ministry with adults with developmental disabilities. This ministry is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. This service trip also included an inter faith theme where students had the opportunity to visit different places of worship and to have different prayer experiences.
Sophomore speaks about his service trip experience
Sophomore Ken Donaldson speaks about his service trip experience in El Paso!
Winter Break Service Immersion Trip to El Paso, Texas
The students and staff have returned from a great winter break service immersion trip to El Paso, Texas. The last photo is a group picture with El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz who is well known. He testified before Congress on behalf of migrants on the southern border and has written a profound pastoral letter on migration that can be read here https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/bp-seitzs-remarkable-pastoral-letter
Winter Break Update
Please pray for our students and staff as they live and serve among our displaced brothers and sisters on the southern border in El Paso, Texas this week. We sent them forth from Detroit Mercy on Saturday, they arrived safely that evening, and have already cooked for 100 people in need of a good meal.
$25
Half a tank of gas
Your gift will help cover the cost for half a tank of gas for a minivan in Immakolee, Fla.
$35
Community meal preparation
Your gift will contribute to helping us prepare a community meal for 50-75 migrant families in El Paso, Texas.
$50
Partial scholarship
A $50 gift will help cover a partial scholarship for a student in need to participate.
$75
Transportation assistance
Your gift of $75 will help fund a rental van so we can serve adults with disabilities in Chicago.
$100
Home repair supplies
Donate toward the supplies needed for home repairs in rural West Virginia.
$150
Community meal for a day
Each day, students and staff share meals together to build community, share reflections and deepen learning. Your $150 gift will go towards the shopping budget for these meals.
$250
Plane ticket subsidy
Your $250 gift helps defray the cost of a student’s plane ticket to El Salvador.
$500
Trip sponsor
Sponsor a trip. Your gift will allow Detroit Mercy students to engage in real world learning and faith development through a service immersion trip.
$1,000
Jesuit tradition in action
Help our students truly experience the Jesuit tradition of recognizing the unconditional and universal human dignity in all creation; fostering community growth in the spirit of solidarity; committing to education and action concerning the issues of poverty and injustice in the region; furthering the personal growth of the participants; and accepting the challenge to understand the past, experience the present and look forward with hope to the future.
