lovebeginshere2011

Love Begins Here,an apostolate of the

Catholic Diocese of Madison's OEC, works to provide the youth with an

oppotunity to encounter Jesus Christ in a lifechanging way through weeklong, local Mission Trips where they live in Catholic community and continue His

work on earth.

And so here I am talking with you - I want you to f i n d the poor here, right in your own home f i r s t.

And begin love there. Be that good news to your

own people. And f i n d out about your next-door neighbor

- do you know who they are?

Mother Teresa 1979 Noble Peace Prize

Acceptance Speech

a message from the directorThank you for taking the time to become further acquainted with Love Begins Here. It brings me great joy to share the mission of LBH with you, as well as formally announce the schedule for this coming summer.

Thinking back to the morning of June 21, 2009, the day of LBH's first mission trip, I could not have guessed what the program would look like today. To be honest, the Core Team and I did not have much time for imagining that day, as we were busy getting ready for a household of youth and young adults to arrive. As the LBH leadership has said over the past two summers - the Holy Spirit works a lot of overtime during our trips and in the preparation for them. Making all things possible, we have guided nearly 200 young people in beginning love for 3,700 hours in the Madison Diocese.

Alone, those 155+ days of love being poured out is something to marvel at. However, what amazes me more is the ways in which I have witnessed lives changing. Not only in the poor we have served, but in the youth, as well - and, it happens in the small things, just as our inspiration Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta has said. In offering up our work on the mission field, pulling weeds with a smile, making dinner for each other, and living an authentic Catholic prayer life, lives have changed and hearts have turned towards Jesus Christ, having had the opportunity to meet Him raised from the dead. I warmly encourage you to consider allowing your life, and those of who you work with, to be changed on the mission field we call Love Begins Here this summer.

In Christ,Lindsay BecherLindsay BecherLBH Mission Director

a day in the life of lbh...Wake up. Laugh. Pack your lunch. Pray a rosary. Pull weeds. Make a new friend. Prepare dinner for the rest of the group. Brush your teeth. Have epic races in the lake at a local state park. Trim bushes. Clean statues. Scrape paint. Eat breakfast. Learn how to install flooring. Attend Mass. Share where you saw God in your day. Be inspired by those around you. Pray Night Prayer. Fall asleep.

What does Love Begins Here mean to Madison Seminarian David Johannes?The experience of Love Begins Here opens the participants heart and eyes to God's love. God initialized the love which calls out in our hearts to love our neighbor and this program responds to just that; I witnessed a joy from the youth that I didn't expect. Love was poured out to one another in this group, to other Catholics, in their homes and through a space designated to encounter Christ in a closer manner. Love was witnessed in the preparing of meals and then delivering them via meals on wheels, love was sweated out in the clearing of homes and conversations with the elderly, love was the compassion to a family with a disabled child needing treatment, love was the witness of the joy of Christ in our hearts to the disbelieved and non-Christian, and love was the friendship amongst brothers and sisters who would have otherwise called each other "stranger".

Love Begins Here is the response of love to the Father who loved us f i r s t and continues to love each of us with an everlasting love.

What does Love Begins Here mean to Madison Seminarian David Johannes?The experience of Love Begins Here opens the participants heart and eyes to God's love. God initialized the love which calls out in our hearts to love our neighbor and this program responds to just that; I witnessed a joy from the youth that I didn't expect. Love was poured out to one another in this group, to other Catholics, in their homes and through a space designated to encounter Christ in a closer manner. Love was witnessed in the preparing of meals and then delivering them via meals on wheels, love was sweated out in the clearing of homes and conversations with the elderly, love was the compassion to a family with a disabled child needing treatment, love was the witness of the joy of Christ in our hearts to the disbelieved and non-Christian, and love was the friendship amongst brothers and sisters who would have otherwise called each other "stranger".

Love Begins Here is the response of love to the Father who loved us f i r s t and continues to love each of us with an everlasting love.

lovebeginshereis authentically

Catholic.

Daily Celebration of the Holy Mass - Daily Rosary - Reconciliation Praise and Worship - Testimonies and Talks given by the Core Team - Adoration -

Time for Personal Prayer - Dedicated to Building Up the Culture of Life

2011dates

andrates

High School

MissionTrips

$100

June 19-24June 26-31 July 10-15July 24-29

Middle School

MissionTrips

$80

July 5 - 8July 19 - 22

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and join in the mission of LBH!

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702 s. high point rd.madison, wi 53719