2022 CBC In Montana

2022 CBC In Montana

Monday, May 8, 2017

Great Travels, Dogs and Getting to Work

Good Morning,

First and foremost please excuse my grammar, ramblings and poor writing style.

Ideally I would make a blog post more often, but since we are in a pretty remote area it is not always possible update the Blog.

So in 6 years of doing this trip we have never had a travel day go quite so well. Both flights were pretty smooth and on time. No one lost any luggage or had any issues with getting through their TSA screening. We made really good time getting up to Browning from Great Falls.

Once we were at the Holy Family Mission (this is where we stay about 15 minutes outside of Browning) we had a nice meal, chatted with DLSBS President Brother Dale and the Principal Mike O'Brien and then took a journey to the top of the Buffalo Jumps (That is where all scenic sunset pictures are take from). We managed to collect a pack of friendly dogs on the way. The Blackfeet revere dogs on a level and do not believe in restraining their ability to wander. At the Mission there are two dogs that are owned/taken care of by the residents, Jack and Jill. We also collected Lady, Coco and another 2 pups that I did not catch the name up. They were our guides to the top of the cliffs called the Buffalo Jumps.

On Sunday morning we managed to sleep in a little bit and then went into to town for Mass at Little Flower parish. Little Flower is adjacent to the school and the Pastor Fr. Ed was one of the catalyst's to bring DLSBS to Browning. Fr. Ed spent several years in Guatemala and saw the work the Christian Brothers did running schools there and knew he wanted the Brothers to run a school in Browning. He spent 9 years petitioning the Brothers for a school before it happened. This is year 16 for DLSBS, so you can imagine the passion Fr. Ed has for the school.

Sunday afternoon we had an orientation with Mr. Ficaro who coordinates the immersion program and several teachers. The boys got a better idea of what they were in for. I think in many cases Mr. Gerdes and I did a good job of preparing them but in this setting they got some historical background and specific information about the current students at DLSBS.

Finally, we got a late lunch and ventured up to the Two Medicine entrance to Glacier National Park. Unfortunately we were a little short on time and the weather was not ideal (rainy and windy). We still managed to take a short walk/hike to see Running Eagle Falls and then drove up to see Two Medicine Lake. The boys were not phased by the weather at all and wanted to do more but we had a dinner date back at the Mission with the community.

Our evening wound down with a Pasta dinner with Brother Dale and the community at the Mission and then while Mr. Gerdes and I caught up with Brother and CBC Graduate Michael Hairsine '07 the boys took another journey up the Buffalo Jumps. Upon their return we gave out classroom assignments and enjoyed some conversation before bed.

As I write this the boys are finishing up their 2nd hour of work in the school. The weather for the week looks nice and I will be posting my photos as we go along.

Live Jesus in Our Hearts...Forever!

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