National Jesuit News » Dominican Republic http://www.jesuit.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Jesuits Celebrate Opening of Fe y Alegria Playground on Haitian/Dominican Border http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2011/12/jesuits-celebrate-opening-of-fe-y-alegria-playground-on-haitiandominican-border/ http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2011/12/jesuits-celebrate-opening-of-fe-y-alegria-playground-on-haitiandominican-border/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:00:14 +0000 Kaitlyn McCarthy Schnieders http://www.jesuit.org/blog/?p=4402 The Human Rights department of Solidaridad Fronteriza (border solidarity) recently inaugurated a playground in the Fe y Alegria School, of the Benito Monción District, in the city of Dajabón, Dominican Republic.

Jesuit Father Regino Martinez blessed the cultural and recreation area, which forms part of children and adolescents Integral Development Program, conducted in the Northern Border Zone.

The Jesuits are celebrating their 75th year of service to the border town between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The agronomist Benigno Ricardo Toribio (Gustavo) said the park was supported by Texaco Chevron Caribbean, through a contest to support the integral development of children of the border zone.

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