Spring Break Mission Trip 2010
March 6 - 13, 2010

Catholic Campus Ministry is helping to sponsor a Mission Trip to the Domician Republic in the spring of 2010. It will be led by Paulist Priest, Joachim Lally, CSP, an associate at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Grand Rapids, MI. Fr. Joachim has been leading mission trips to the Dominican Republic for many years.

Costs

Costs include round-trip airfare and the hotel, food and land travel expenses in the Dominican Republic. This past January the hotel, food and land travel expenses ran about $500 apiece for the seven nights. Airfare depends on the departure city. The round-trip airfare to Santiago, D.R. (STI) from Grand Rapids (GRR) is currently $820, from Detroit Metro is $500, and from Chicago O'Hare is $520.

Important Information

To travel to the Dominican Republic requires a US Passport for all US Citizens. If you do not have one, you will need to apply for one before the trip. Please allow several months for the processing of your passport. Click here for the State Department website for passports. Or you can go to the US Postal Service website here.

The State Department also maintains information on travel to difference countries. Click here to check out this information.

Previous Missions

Fr. Joachim has provided information on the last two trips he has led:
January 2009 Report for January 2009 Trip (PDF - 53K)	July 2009 Report for July 2009 Trip (PDF - 37K)
July 2009 - Slide Presentation Slide Presentation for July Trip (PDF - 30Mb - you might want to download it before viewing)