ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 19, 2023 / 14:30 pm
One thousand student volunteers from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) attended a July 14 sendoff Mass offered by Santiago Auxiliary Bishop Álvaro Chordi as they set off for missions projects in various parts of the country over their winter break.
There are four mission projects designated as Life, Work, UC Planting, and Choral. The students will spend part of their vacations on construction, building community, and serving those who need it most in 39 areas of the country, from Copiapó in the north to Puerto Montt in the south, a span of 1,100 miles.
Organized by campus ministry of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the missions began July 14 and go through July 23.
At the sendoff ceremony, Chordi encouraged the young people to be happy, faithful, and fruitful, being “bridges in a country that needs them so much.”