Mission and school in Thoreau may survive diocese bankruptcy

[Ojo_Feliz]

This may sound obscure, and perhaps it is for most of the world, however the survival of the school (and its multiple programs) is vital to the welfare of thousands of people.

The St. Bonaventure Indian Mission and School serves one of the most impoverished area of New Mexico. The mission provides the only source of clean drinking water for hundreds of families, trucking it to their homes. The school is one of the largest employers, and offers free education as well as free meals for the children. Low income housing is another service being offered. But all of that has been in jeopardy by the diocese’s bankruptcy.

The proposed settlement calls for Halter and Gallup Bishop James Wall to meet later this year “to negotiate for (St. Bonaventure’s) permanent use and ownership” of the school property.

“We don’t know all the details about how we’re going to work that out,” Halter said of the planned negotiations. “We do get a two-year lease with the ability to extend that or purchase it. We just don’t know what is beyond those two years.”

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“In regards to the school, the mission, and the well, the absolute main goal is continuing to help the people who receive water and other services from the mission,” diocese spokeswoman Suzanne Hammons said in the statement.

abqjournal.com/774435/thoreau-mission-school-may-survive-church-bankruptcy.html

 

[Don_Ruggero]

I shall certainly remember these people and this intention in my Masses and prayers. I pray solutions are found. Thank you for this post.