Visit the Juarez, Mexico – El Paso, Texas border this summer!

World Mission Ministries and the Educators Committee of the Clean Clothes Campaign invite you to participate in a Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ program, Friends Across Borders June 22 – 27, 2006. Fifteen participants from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will have the opportunity to meet (with the help of translators) people on both sides of the border and learn from them about the economy, environment, immigration, education, health, and the well-being of their families. During the six day experience (two travel and four full days on-site) participants will meet with people whose circumstances are vastly different from their own. In addition to visiting a transnational factory and other institutions that are part of the daily lives of those who live and minister in the area, there will be opportunities through translators to speak with immigrants, laborers, and those affected by the mysterious disappearance of hundreds of young women who worked in maquiladoras/sweatshops. There will be time each day for both personal reflection and faith sharing in community.

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CREDIT OFFERED!

Through Alverno College:

• One or two graduate credits (approximately $135 per credit)
• 4.3 Continuing Education Units

Through St Francis Seminary

Two graduate credits

Through the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s Department for Education and Life Long Formation:

45 Clock Hours
- 15 in Theology
- 15 in Scripture
- 15 in Methodology/Psychology

COST:

$420 for all expenses during the border experience (simple meals and housing, ground transportation, program materials, translation and a simple but adequate medical insurance policy valid in Mexico.

Airfare additional (usually less than $500) We will purchase group fare

For more information and an itinerary, contact one of the Coordinators:

Cecilia Espinoza at 414 461 1810 or fab-milwaukee@sbcglobal.net

Rosemary Huddleston, OP at 414 769 3405 or huddlestonr@archmil.org

For an application:

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Contact World Mission Ministries at 414 769 3406 or wmo@archmil.org