I want to apologize for not posting sooner, but the continued power crisis has prevented me from using the computer as often as I would like.
Plenty has happened since the last time that I posted. I have spent much of my time getting to know the people of Brafoyaw. Br. Augustus and I often take walks into the town center to pass the time with the different persons gathered there. Each time that we go there I learn more and more about the Ghanaian culture and simply how Ghanaians interact with each other. Always following these short excursions is an enlightening conversation with Br. Augustus. We talk about issues facing the Ghanaian society on the national level and also in those that are often faced in the villages. I learn everyday how similar the problems faced by Ghanaians are to the ones people face in the States. More on that later though.
Because I have been delayed in keeping up this blog an important date is now about to arrive. Tomorrow morning I will be embarking on a long journey to visit the Northern parts of Ghana. I will be visiting places no Holy Cross student that has visited Ghana has been. My trip will first take me from here in Cape Coast to Sunyani, located in the Brong-Ahafo region, to stay with some of the Holy Cross Brothers that are beginning a new community there. After that I will journey on towards the booming city of Tamale in the Northern Region. From there I will backtrack to the famous Mole National Park where I will be able to see some large animals, like elephants and hippos, up close and personal. After returning to Tamale I will head up to the last large city before the Northern border with Burkina Faso, Bolgatanga, located in the Upper West region. After a day there I will leave for the city of Wa in the Upper East region. From Wa I will travel all the way back down to Sunyani and then back to Cape Coast to seal up this ten day journey.
I will be going alone on this journey and I am terribly excited about it. I will do well to take as many pictures as possible and also to jot down all of my thoughts onto paper so that I can eventually transfer them onto this blog.
I know that I am about to encounter places that will be vastly different from the Ghana that I have become so accustomed to. This experience will be one for the books I am sure. I will ask that you all keep me in your prayers while I am on this journey. And until I return...Nyame Inshirawu!...God bless you!
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District of West Africa
Jay Dunne and his students
This is a typical room, very nice!
This is our dining room
scene from Cape Coast
with Cardinal Turkson
The Retreat Center where we stay
Mary Miller with her pupils
Republic of Ghana
Brothers of Holy Cross - Midwest Province
District of West Africa
Holy Cross Service Corps
The Holy Cross Service Corps is one of the newest endeavors of Holy Cross College. HCSC is a post-graduate service program housed in the Center for International Programs. The concept for the year of voluntary service was born out of the enthusiasm exhibited by our students returning from their International Experience. So many of our students return saying the same thing, “I want to go back!” HCSC gives our graduates the incredible opportunity to return to the sites of their International Experience to help advance the mission of the Brothers of Holy Cross.
In July of 2007 the inaugural volunteer for the Holy Cross Service Corps left the United States for a year of service alongside the Brothers in Ghana, West Africa. The undertaking was a complete success and will spur the growth of this exciting new program to include our other International Experience sites. A great deal of work will be done throughout this year to continue to structure this program so that our graduates may continue the mission of Holy Cross which “sends us across borders of every sort.”
HCSC Mission Statement
The mission of the Holy Cross Service Corps is to provide volunteers, or Moreau Fellows, named after the founder of the Holy Cross Congregation Fr. Basil Moreau, with an opportunity to improve their personal relationships with Jesus Christ through service, simple-living, and prayer. The goal of HCSC is to establish a more intimate relationship between the professed brethren and the laity all the while advancing the mission of the Holy Cross brothers as educators in the faith.
In July of 2007 the inaugural volunteer for the Holy Cross Service Corps left the United States for a year of service alongside the Brothers in Ghana, West Africa. The undertaking was a complete success and will spur the growth of this exciting new program to include our other International Experience sites. A great deal of work will be done throughout this year to continue to structure this program so that our graduates may continue the mission of Holy Cross which “sends us across borders of every sort.”
HCSC Mission Statement
The mission of the Holy Cross Service Corps is to provide volunteers, or Moreau Fellows, named after the founder of the Holy Cross Congregation Fr. Basil Moreau, with an opportunity to improve their personal relationships with Jesus Christ through service, simple-living, and prayer. The goal of HCSC is to establish a more intimate relationship between the professed brethren and the laity all the while advancing the mission of the Holy Cross brothers as educators in the faith.
Jay Dunne and his students
The Ghana Global Immersion Experience
This is a 17 day experience in Ghana, a culture ancient yet ever-changing, poor yet developing. In that land are some of the most significant sites in the history of the world. For example, we visit the slave prisons that held millions of Africans when the coast of Ghana was the center of the slave trade, beginning in the 1500's. We spend time with church officials, like Ghana's only Cardinal, Peter Kodwo Turkson. And we spend much time at the retreat center where the Holy Cross Brothers share their life with us. Below are some pictures. Also, fyi, the emergency contact with us in Ghana:
Brother Paul Mensah, CSC
Telephone: 011-233-910-1624 or
011-233-42-91482
Mobile: 011-233-20-834-4631
His email is: pkmensahcsc@yahoo.com
Brother Paul Mensah, CSC
Telephone: 011-233-910-1624 or
011-233-42-91482
Mobile: 011-233-20-834-4631
His email is: pkmensahcsc@yahoo.com
This is a typical room, very nice!
This is our dining room
scene from Cape Coast
with Cardinal Turkson
The Retreat Center where we stay
Mary Miller with her pupils
Of course, the trip is about more than history, and so we will encounter more than anything else the beautiful people of Ghana and the indomitable Ghanaian spirit. A phrase that will be heard often coming from the local children is "Bruni, Bruni!" meaning, "hey white people!" It is quite an experience to be in the minority, but they make us feel quite welcome.
Another important aspect of the program is to experience the amazing Holy Cross Brothers. They show us a hospitality and friendship beyond what we could hope for. We begin each day by joining them for morning Mass in the beautiful Brother Andre Chapel, and they brighten each day by accompanying us on our journeys.
We will also visit the world famous Kakum Rain Forest, home to a unique canopy walk--rope bridges that allow us to walk the treetops. Are you ready?!
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4 comments:
God bless YOU, Jay.
And then He said, "leave everything, and come follow me."
Where do you live?
"Come and see."
God be with you on your journey, Jay!
a favorite quote of mine for you, nephew, well "This is the true joy of life; the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one - the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die; for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me, it is a sort of splendid torch which I've got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." George Bernard Shaw .... KDE
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