WELCOME!

If you’re interested in learning more about a Campus Ministry-sponsored ARRUPE INTERNATIONAL IMMERSION PROGRAM, with Immersion Trips during Winter Break 2012-13 – and if you know that you’ll physically be at B.C. during both the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters, and if you have not already been on a B.C.-sponsored international service/immersion trip – then please plan to attend/view a Participant Information Session via the following process:

1) If you’re physically here at B.C. this semester, during the spring 2012 semester, please plan to attend 1 of the following 5 information sessions:

• Wed. Mar. 14 at 7-8 pm in Trinity Chapel, on Newton campus.
• Thu. Mar. 15 at 7:30-8:30 pm in Cushing 001.
• Mon. Mar. 19 at 6:15-7:15 pm in Gasson 100.
• Tue. Mar. 20 at 6-7 pm in St. Joseph Chapel, in Gonzaga Hall, upper campus.
• Wed. Mar. 21 at 7-8 pm in Gasson 100.

2) If you’re studying abroad this semester, during the spring 2012 semester, please plan to view an information session. To view a session, please send an email, by no later than Wed. Mar. 21 at 5 pm EST, to arrupeprogram@gmail.com, with the subject line: “Abroad Spring 2012”. Then, sometime after Wed. Mar. 21 you’ll receive either a link to view a session on-line, or a summary of what was covered during a session.

It’s important that you attend or view an information session before you apply!

Next year’s 9 winter break trip destinations: Belize, Chiapas Mexico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Morelos Mexico, Nicaragua, and Puebla Mexico. Any B.C. undergrad of any non-2012 graduation class (i.e. 2013, 2014, or 2015) is invited to apply – including those who are currently studying abroad this semester. In addition to attending or viewing an information session, please read the information on the Arrupe web page before you apply.  Participant Applications are due Mon. Mar. 26, 2012 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Standard Time (i.e. Boston Time), via an on-line process.

 

INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

2012-13 Arrupe Programs
Belize	Chiapas, Mexico	Ecuador	El Salvador
Guatemala	Morelos, Mexico	Nicaragua	Puebla, Mexico
Jamaica

Summer 2012 Program

Cuernavaca, Mexico

program vision & overview

 

calendar (.PDF format)
(Timeline for 2012-13 Arrupe Programs' Participant selection process)

 

Important events/dates

To participate in an Arrupe Program, with trips during winter break 2012-13, you must be present at each of the events/activities listed below.  Note: Exact dates, times, and topics may change.

SPRING SEMESTER 2012

• Small Community Meeting #1: Introduction: Either Sat. Apr. 28 or Sun. Apr. 29 before the Kick Off Event on Sun. Apr. 29 (exact date and time determined by student leaders). (Note: if you are studying abroad, you are not expected to be physically present).
  
• Kick Off Event: Sun. Apr. 29 at 10 am – 2 pm OR at 5 – 8 pm (exact time to be determined). (Note: if you are studying abroad, you are not expected to be physically present).
  
  
• Small Community Meeting #2: Solidarity Letter Campaign Workshop: Sometime at the end of the week of Apr. 29 before final exams begin (exact date and time determined by student leaders). (Note: if you are studying abroad, you are not expected to be physically present).

FALL SEMESTER 2012

• Each individual program’s Weekly Small Community Meeting (day and time determined by each program’s leadership team).
  
  
• PRE-TRIP RETREAT: Fri. Sep. 21 mid-afternoon, to Sun. Sep. 23 early afternoon.
  
  
• Arrupe Presentation Series – on periodic Sundays 7:15 – 8:45 pm (exact dates to be determined). Possible Topics:
  
  • Catholic Social Teaching: The Church’s “Best Kept Secret”
  • Latin American History
  • Globalization and Its Effects on “the Poor”
  • Seeing “the Other”
    
• Commissioning Mass: Sun. Dec. 2, late-afternoon/early evening (exact time to be determined).

WINTER BREAK 2012-13

• IMMERSION TRIPS: For 8 or 9 days after New Year’s Day and before the beginning of the spring semester (exact dates to be determined).

SPRING SEMESTER 2013

• Each program’s Weekly Small Community Meeting (day and time determined by each program’s leadership team).
  
  
• POST-TRIP RETREAT: Sometime during the weekend of Fri. Jan. 25 to Sun. Jan. 27, 2013 OR Fri. Feb. 1 to Sun. Feb. 3, 2013. (Please reserve both weekends for now…)
  
  
• Arrupe Presentation Series – on periodic Sundays 7:15 – 8:45 pm (exact dates to be determined). Possible Topics:
  
  • Saying Yes to Life.
  • Living Justice.
  • Living in Love and Solidarity.
    
• Solidarity Projects: During the period mid-Mar. to early Apr. 2013.
  
  
• Arrupe Photo Exhibit: Fri. Apr. 5 or 12, 2013, late afternoon.
  

 

selection criteria

 

frequently asked questions

 

who is Fr. Pedro arrupe, S.J.?  

 Questions about the Arrupe International Immersion Program:
arrupeprogram@gmail.com