O'Connell students help rebuild home in Peru

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O'Connell students help rebuild home in Peru

By Isabella Ubillus, Arlington Catholic Herald

Ninety miles north of Chiclayo, where Pope Leo XIV served for more than 20 years, a group of students from Bishop O'Connell found themselves unexpectedly responding to tragedy.

While on a mission trip led by Commissioned by Christ, the students helped rebuild the home of a local family that was destroyed by a fie. The fire broke out the night of July 8, leaving the family homeless.

When the students learned about the tragedy the following morning, they were heartbroken about the news but within hours were eager to step up and help.

Read the complete story in the Arlington Catholic Herald.

View photos from the mission trip below:

Three people in the foreground are handling a sheet of corrugated metal, while a background of tall wooden poles and a brick building suggests an outdoor construction or storage area.
A group of people stand behind a table with dishes and a stove, with two large tubs in the foreground and a bamboo-walled structure in the background.
In the foreground, a group of people work on constructing a building with bamboo walls, while in the background, a brick wall and clear blue sky are visible.
In the foreground, two women in blue gloves are cleaning, while in the background, several children stand near a rustic dwelling with laundry hanging overhead.
Two women stand with four children in front of a bunk bed in a room with bamboo walls.
A group of people stand around a table laden with food in front of a rural dwelling under a bright sky.
Three people in the foreground are working with a large woven mat, while a stack of bamboo poles fills the background.
Two people walk down a dirt path between thatched walls, one carrying a large woven basket, towards a simple building under a bright blue sky.
A young woman in a white t-shirt and dark pants walks hand-in-hand with a man in a white shirt and cowboy hat, while other children in school uniforms walk behind them along a beige building with a red star.
Three people stand by a truck loaded with mattresses and boxes, with trees in the background.
In the foreground, young people in chef hats and aprons are working with dough on a large counter, while in the background, more students in similar attire are gathered in a kitchen setting.
A woman in the foreground hands a paper to a group of children, while in the background, colorful banners hang above a gathering of more children and adults.
A group of people, including many children, hold hands in a circle in the sandy foreground, while a church and a crowd gather around a bonfire in the background under a twilight sky.