Am I prepared?

My name is Jay Dunne and I just recently graduated from Holy Cross this past May. I have traveled to Ghana twice in the past year and like many others I found it to be one of the most incredible experiences of my life. During my first trip, however, something happened inside of me that not all students can expect. I was united with my purpose for living. I realized during that trip that my purpose in life is to use my God-given talents and accrued knowledge to serve the marginalized peoples of our global society. It was this realization that propelled me into my senior year exceling in the classroom and working to bring social justice issues in the developing world to the attention of the Holy Cross campus through the Africa Faith and Justice Network and The Cross and Anchor Workshops and the development of the Holy Cross Service Corps.

I knew all along though that I needed to return to Ghana and in a little over a week I will be. This time I will be the inaugural Moreau Fellow for the Holy Cross Service Corps (HCSC). I will be spending one entire year working with the Holy Cross Brothers in Sekondi at the Home of Hope. I will be assisting the Brothers in teaching english and in whatever other duties they might need my assistance with.

After an extremely busy career at Holy Cross College I have graduated and come home to take some time off before I leave for Ghana. I did not realize that after so much work that taking a vacation would feel wrong, but it does. I am very much looking forward to returning to Ghana, but I cannot help but feel anxious. There will always be thoughts creeping into my head questioning whether or not I am prepared for such an evdeavor. I know though that there is a lot that can come out of my experience, least of all for me. It is my hope that a successful year of service in Ghana would open up a door to all Holy Cross students to devote themselves to a year of service with the Congregation of Holy Cross. It is this idea that I must remian focused on! For we shall truly be bringing about the kingdom of God by providing that kind of opportunity to our graduates.