Alternative Break Service Trips take students to two developing countries and three North American locations for one week of service and mutual cultural exchange over spring and summer breaks. The trips are based on four pillars: service, simplicity, community, and reflection and are co-led by students and staff.
Current Service Trips
- Team Matthew 25: Joplin, Missouri: Tornado disaster relief and reconstruction
- Father McKenna Center and Food and Friends: Washington, D.C.: Working with homeless men and persons living with AIDS/HIV and other chronic illnesses
- L’Arche: Richmond Hill, Ontario: Daily living with persons with disabilities
- International Samaritan: Port au Prince, Haiti: Earthquake reconstruction and work with orphans
- Project FIAT: San Salvador, El Salvador: Construction, work with orphans, and immersion into the history of the Civil War and Catholic martyrs
Past Service Trips
Women's Intercultural Center
- Texas/Mexico Border: Work with immigrants and exploration of globalization and poverty
- South Dakota: Cheyenne River Reservation work with children and youth
- New Orleans, Louisiana: Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction
- Bronx, New York: Soup kitchen and work with homeless persons
- San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala: San Lucas Mission work with reforestation and coffee farming