• 'We Remember' movie
• Faith and Values
• Advent Gift Bags
• Wake Up With The Homeless...Eat With The Poor
• Veteran's Day Prayer Service
• Anointing Mass
• Thanksgiving Feast
• Freshmen Retreat
• Sophomore Retreat
• Junior Retreat
• Pro-Life Mass
• Ash Wednesday Mass
• Stations of the Cross by 8th Grade
• Service
• Gehlen Mission Honduras
• Mission Honduras LeMars
• Kids Against Hunger
• Catholic Schools Week

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Wake Up With the Homeless...Eat With the Poor!

Facts:

v      6.55 billion people worldwide

v      5 billion of those live in developing or poor countries

v      3 billion people in the world struggle to survive on $2.00 each day

v      1 billion people in developing countries live on $1.00 each day

v      40,000 children die on a daily basis to malnutrition, starvation, and hunger related diseases

v      12 people die every minute from starvation

v      1 child dies every 5 seconds due to hunger related causes

On Sunday, November 9^th, the front lawns of Gehlen Catholic were transformed to a shanty town.  Students, their families, and staff camped out on the lawn in cardboard boxes hoping to gain inside into the life of the poor.  A prayer service, reflection, and fasting was held at 8:30 pm.  “Campers” were asked to bring a canned good to help fill the emptied shelves of the Christian Needs Center in LeMars.  

The crisp morning of Monday, November 10^th, brought a cold reality to those trading a nice warm bed for a cardboard box.  Students attended school directly from their boxes.  NO change of clothes.  NO breakfast.  NO doubt to bring awareness. 

The entire Gehlen Catholic family on Monday, November 10^th, joined hundreds of thousands of people around the world for lunch, dining on an entrée shared by many poverty stricken areas – rice porridge. 

Director of Campus Ministries, Lisa (Langel, ’80) Sitzmann shared, “As part of our commitment to Pro-Life, we must not only care for the unborn but life afterwards by reaching out to those who are less fortunate.  We often think that the struggles of poverty and homelessness happen to those in ‘The Big City.’  Yet, the fact that shelves of the Christian Needs Center in LeMars are being emptied too quickly drives home the fact that families in LeMars are struggling too.  During this bountiful time of year, we are called to make others aware of the challenges facing our brothers and sisters in Christ and make their lives better.”

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