All trip application fees include transportation, community lodging and meals, and program fees.

Chicago, IL  - January 17-24, 2009 - Urban School Immersion

Description: Experience the heart of urban challenges up close. Teach daily in small, urban, multi-cultural Catholic schools. Learn from smiling kids fighting surmountable odds. Experience an inspiring Catholic mass at St. Sabina’s.  Find out what is being done to combat Chicago's 42% high school drop out rate.
Cost: $150
Trip Leaders: Maggie Kitchen and Breanne Delahanty
Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry
TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
Links of Related Interest: Amate HouseGenesis House • Faith Community of Saint Sabina • Chicago's Home Page • Weather in Chicago  •  Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning • www.dusablemuseum.org

  Clinton, IA - January 17-24, 2009 - L'Arche Community

Description: This is a new trip focusing on the current issues facing the developmentally disabled community.  We will live in this faith-based community, help with household tasks and help teach life skills while learning more about the amazing core members and assistants at L'Arche.
Cost: $150
Trip Leaders: Audrey O'Hern and Lindsay Koeppel
Coordinating Sponsor: LSE
TRIPS Contact: LSE
Links of Related Interest: L'Arche International • L'Arche USA: A Place to Be and Become • current L'Arche Newsletter 

Columbus, GA - November 21-23, 2008 - Immersion in Non-Violence

Description: Be part of an international struggle for human rights and global justice.  Join thousands of others who travel to Columbus, Georgia, for the annual Vigil to Close the School of the Americas.  The two-day event includes speakers, educational sessions and materials, a festive parade by the puppetistas and a solemn funeral procession in memory of those tortured and murdered in Latin America.  Graduates of the former Army School of the Americas have been implicated in some of these human rights abuses.
Cost: $85
Trip Leader: Stephanie Lambert
Coordinating Sponsor: Peace and Justice Center
TRIPS Contact: LSE
Links of Related Interest: SOA Watch

Cuernavaca, Mexico - January 5-15, 2009 - Global Poverty

Description: Join students and staff, faculty or parish members to engage in cross cultural experiences, spiritual reflection, and social analysis at CCIDD, a Christian, ecumenical, social justice center in the heart of Cuernavaca.  Discover the chance to work with urban and rural Mexicans striving for change. Come and explore diverse communities and archeological sites. Spanish speakers are encouraged to apply, but no language skills are required.
Cost: $1,400, $700 scholarships available
Trip Leaders: Ann Pederson and Matt Muenster
Coordinating Sponsor: LSE
TRIPS Contact: LSE             
Links of Related Interest: http://www.ccidd.org/

Lancaster, KY - March 14-21, 2009 - Rural Poverty and Home Construction

Description: Join with other college students from across the USA, to devote your time and energy to improve the homes of Appalachian residents while learning about the injustices and realities of poverty.  The Christian Appalachian Project is an interdenominational, non-profit Christian organization committed to serving people in need in Appalachia by providing physical, spiritual and emotional support through a wide variety of programs and services.
Cost: $150
Trip Leaders: Koren Bandoch and Kiera Makielski
Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry
TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
Links of Related Interest: Christian Appalachian Project

Description: Be a part of Habitat for Humanity volunteers from across the country and work on a variety of projects that make affordable housing possible for people experiencing poverty.  In your free time, visit historic Little Rock and learn more about southern culture. 
Cost: $150
Trip Leaders: Conor DuBoyce and Stephanie Schauer 
Coordinating Sponsor: St. Norbert Habitat for Humanity
TRIPS Contact: LSE
Links of Related Interest: Habitat for Humanity Int'l

Description: Explore Civil Rights issues through your work with the Sacred Heart Southern Missions.  You will have a chance to help in one of the poorest areas in the country by doing home repair and working with children.
Cost: $150
Trip Leaders: Justin Krueger and Tara Marcell
Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry
TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
Links of Related Interest:

Description: : Learn more about the impact of HIV/AIDS nationally and internationally while serving at God's Love We Deliver and other NYC organizations addressing the needs of people affected by this ongoing epidemic.
Cost: $265 (flying trip)
Trip Leaders: Suzan Odabasi and Kalindi O'Brien
Coordinating Sponsor: LSE
TRIPS Contact: LSE
Links of Related Interest: Where We Will Be Staying • God's Love We Deliver • AIDS: 20 Years of an Epidemic • New York City Visitors & Convention Bureau  • Weather in New York City

Description: Work with other SNC men in a men's emergency shelter which offers support for over 300 of the city's most vulnerable homeless.  You will also have a chance to be a part of the Norbertine Community in Philadelphia.
Cost: $265 (flying trip)
Trip Leader: Billy Betts                                                                                                                                           Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry
TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
Link of Related Interest: Bethesda Project

Rochester, NY -  March 14-21, 2009 - Urban Poverty and Living a Life of Service

Description: Work and live with a religious community committed to prayer and service to those battling issues of urban poverty.  Multiple sites and types of urban service available.
Cost: $125 (flying trip)
Trip Leaders:  Ashley Gill and Sammi Kretz
Coordinating Sponsor: Faith, Learning & Vocation
TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
Links of Related Interest: Sisters of St. Joseph • City of Rochester • Susan B. Anthony House

Description: Join the Good News family from Wausau and work together with participants of various ages and faiths.  On the island of St. Lucia you will live at the Pastoral Center an work in the capital, Castries, and other smaller villages.  Projects consist of home construction, painting, craft work, music, medical care, and visiting homes and prisons.
Cost: $1,400; $700 scholarships available
Trip Leader: Garrett Lancelle
Coordinating Sponsor: Peace and Justice Center
TRIPS Contact: LSE
Links of Related Interest: Good News 

Trevilians, VA. -   January 17-24, 2009 -  Farming and Feminism

Description: This is a new trip for women on/with The Little Flower Catholic Worker Farm in Trevilians, VA. The four main components of the trip are: (1) Community andSimple Living, (2) Empowering women and the discussion of feminism in farmingthrough studies and farm history, (3) Agricultural work (and the connection with women and feminism), and (4) Peace and Justice. The group will be living in very basic conditions on the farm and doing farm work such as feeding and helping out with chickens, chopping/hauling/stacking wood, working on a nearby CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm, working with banners and puppets fornon-violent protests (but not going to the actual protests), and some otherfarm maintenance work. This experience will also involve some discussion about non-violent protesting and women's immigration issues through The LittleFlower Catholic Worker Farm, as well as a day touring the nearby Twin Oaksfeminist ecovillage.  
Cost: $150
Trip Leaders: Emily Czarnik-Neimeyer and Jan Swegle
Coordinating Sponsor: LSE
TRIPS Contact: LSE
Links of Related Interest: http://www.catholicworker.org/  •                                                                                      • http://www.catholicworker.org/communities/Commdetail.cfm?Community=176
• http://www.safs.msu.edu/womenag/index.htm  •  http://www.twinoaks.org/  •  http://www.ic.org/eco/

Washington, D.C. -   January 7-14, 2009 - Poverty and Homelessness

Description: Serve at the nation's largest homeless shelter (CCNV-Community for Creative Non-Violence), in the soup kitchens and deliver blankets or meals on the street. Move beyond the issue and discover the true root cause of homelessness in America and what we can do about it, from direct service to activism right in the nation's capitol. 
Cost: $265 (flying trip)
Trip Leaders: Stephanie Birmingham and Jon Pollitt
Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry
TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
Links of Related Interest: Community for Creative Non-Violence • National Homeless Organization • The Hunger Site • Washington DC Tour • DC Weather • National Coalition for the Homeless • US Department of Health and Human Services • The Power to End Hunger