During the Holy Cross spring break (March 25-29), 18 girls and three faculty/staff chaperones attended the Urban Challenge Immersion service trip in Camden, NJ through Romero Center Ministries. During the trip, the group worked in a community garden, at a community thrift store, at a home for individuals with physical disabilities, at a nursing home and adult daycare, and in the classes of a head start program. During the evenings, the group had time for reflection on their experience and prayer as a group.
Romero Center Ministries provides Catholic education and retreat experiences inspired by Archbishop Oscar Romero’s prophetic witness. The Urban Challenge Program is an urban, service-learning, immersion experience rooted in the Catholic faith tradition.
