St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Domestic “When [we] stepped out of the big white SI van, we realized that these stereotypes were complete fiction. On the corner, young children were buying ice cream from a man pushing a cart. Various people walked up to us and welcomed us to the neighborhood. Music echoed out of the small Dolores Mission Church across the street. When I saw this, I knew the next two weeks of my life would be amazing. We left for our East LA Immersion on June 10, 2001, ready, willing, and a little nervous about living in one of the most violent, gang- ridden areas in the United States. The two weeks we spent Peter Osborne. Annie Morring, Natasha LaBelle. Matt Werner, Leslie Hurley, Kathryn Lawson, Jillian Lai, Mrs. Zatkin. “In Salinas, we were in- spired by Robert Smith’s (the founder of the soup kitchen, Dorothy’s Place) exemplification of the Gos- pel message to see God in those we worked with, de- spite being appalled by the socio-economic injustice taking place in our state. Sharing a realistic experi- ence of communal living, we opened up as a group to each other an to those destitute, with whom we formed unbreakable relationships, which we have renewed since our initial Immersion trip. It was a profound experience.” Matt Werner seemed like a day that had gone by far too quickly, because we greatly enjoyed all of our daily activities.” -Corey Pallatto Corey Palatto, Jenny Syme. Ashley Tatantino, Gina Cadei, Stephanie Yeung, Joe Sciarillo, Thomas Hong. Mr. Shaughnessy. anoiaiemml 24 Immersions