homedecoration

Helping Hand schools are apostolic projects designed to serve those most in need. Located in the poorest and most underdeveloped areas, these tuition-free schools are funded by the Legion''s network of private schools. The first Helping Hand school was founded in Mexico City in 1965. Today Helping Hand schools, along with a network of apostolic projects for social development, have formed a chain of true Christian solidarity and charity that reaches to the United States, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, and Bosnia. This network is not restricted to education but extends to many other areas of social action. It includes workshops for the technical training of men and women, medical services for children and adults, monthly grants of food and clothing, courses on personal formation and human advancement for parents, marriage preparation courses, vocational guidance, personal guidance in developing human and spiritual values, instruction in the faith, catechesis, and sacramental attention.

Helping Hand schools are apostolic projects designed to serve those most in need. Located in the poorest and most underdeveloped areas, these tuition-free schools are funded by the Legion''s network of private schools. The first Helping Hand school was founded in Mexico City in 1965. Today Helping Hand schools, along with a network of apostolic projects for social development, have formed a chain of true Christian solidarity and charity that reaches to the United States, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, and Bosnia. This network is not restricted to education but extends to many other areas of social action. It includes workshops for the technical training of men and women, medical services for children and adults, monthly grants of food and clothing, courses on personal formation and human advancement for parents, marriage preparation courses, vocational guidance, personal guidance in developing human and spiritual values, instruction in the faith, catechesis, and sacramental attention.

Social Participation Program One of the educational goals of Legionary schools is to deepen the students'' sense of responsibility regarding the transformation of society and the need to build a culture rooted in the Christian values of love and justice. Hence, the Legion has launched a program of Christian charity directed by youth. The purpose of this program is to develop the students'' awareness and sensitivity toward the problems afflicting society. Students have as part of their curriculum a weekly class on the principles of the Church''s social doctrine and human development. They participate homedecoration in monthly social activities in which the entire homedecoration school community is involved: students, parents, teachers, and administrators. This program''s influence extends to parishes, shelters, hospitals, and schools for mentally handicapped children, centers for the blind, centers for children from broken homes, orphanages, day-care centers, and low-income communities.