Burbank, IL –July 14, 2014 – Six Queen of Peace students along with two chaperones went to Nazareth Farm for one week to lend a helping hand. Those students were seniors Natalie Chraca, Gianna Formica, and Marissa Villalobos and juniors Maria Blanas, Erica Gens and Claire Murphy. Nazareth Farm is a Catholic community in rural West Virginia that transforms lives through a service-retreat experience. They are devoted to living out the Gospel message through the cornerstones of community, simplicity, prayer and service.
While there, the girls helped with home repair in the surrounding community including replaced siding and roofing, they built and enclosed porches as well as contributed to the everyday running of the Farm.
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