SS. Peter and Paul's Mission in Tucson, Arizona is our newest addition to the itinerary offering men and women a noble purpose to the desert lands and national parks of the Southwest. Meanwhile, opportunities for discussion, outreach to the mission there, and projects involving painting, landscaping, and renovating the church are in order for the spring and run nearly a week.
Description of Trip
SPFL Contact: Nicoleta Hernandez Location: Tucson, Arizona Host: Mission Parish and Mary Lytle Website: www.sspp-tucson.org Dates and Deadlines: March 7th-15th, 2009 Mission: Painting, repointing brick, and landscaping Price: Ticket + $150 lodging and service fee Who can go: Coed Trips Spiritual Guide: Metropolitan Moses
Type of worker: Adventurous type, strong back, able, and ready for anything...(cooking and masonry work also needed)
Accommodations
Bring sleeping bags and be prepared for a week of labor discussion.
Sample Daily schedule
Activity
Wakeup, Cleanup
Morning Prayers followed by breakfast
Labor
Lunch and Readings
Labor
Cleanup
Dinner
Vespers
Discussion with Metropolitan Moses, activities in Tucson, etc.
*Two Days of Site Seeing are on the Agenda*
Site seeing
Come and experience the fellowship of SPFL in the Southwest, while there you are bound to experience the life of true asceticism, prayer, and fellowship as you:
The projects we have in mind include:
-Building new concrete stairs to the back entrance of the
building. What we have now is thoroughly inadequate and unsafe.
-Building a new concrete handicap ramp to the front entrance of
the building.
-Removing the carpeting in the chapel and installing new wood
flooring -- we were thinking laminate flooring, but entertaining the idea of
hardwood, which we are told is not much more expensive.
-Xeriscaping (see http://www.eartheasy.com/grow_xeriscape.htm)
the church yard.
Possible "adventure tours" include:
-Day trip to Tombstone, "the town too tough to die," and
Bisbee, once the largest city between St. Louis and San Francisco -- both
are authentic "wild west" towns.
-Day trip to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and/or Saguaro
National Park.
-Day trip into the Santa Rita Mountains for a picnic, visiting
the Spanish mission churches -- San Xavier del Bac and Tumacacori -- on the
way.
-Day trip to Sabino Canyon, if it has re-opened. (It was badly
damaged when run-off from the mountains, denuded by forest fires, flooded
the area and destroyed many of the old CCC stone bridges and roads.)