Guiding Young People

Building of the guidance room at St. Mary's, Above Rocks and Missions in Jamaica

The Conventual Franciscan friars’ mission in Jamaica includes education and guidance from a knowledgeable figure. Friar Michael Heine – who works in Jamaica – takes both education and guidance very seriously. St. Mary’s Above Rocks and Missions already has a number of excellent schools. Now the friars and their collaborators at the mission are building a guidance room at St. Mary’s All Ages, one of the schools under their jurisdiction.

Once the Franciscans’ guidance room is finished, young people will have the support they need to deal with their problems. Adults often face difficulties that they find very challenging to deal with on their own. Children should not therefore have to face problems by themselves. Their lives ought to be spent on attending school and developing into healthy adults. The friars in Jamaica and their collaborators are working so that the children in their charge can indeed live in such a way.

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