Twelve students from St. Joseph’s Academy traveled to Klagetoh, Arizona to work with the Navajo people on Saint Anne’s Mission. The travelers served the community by painting a house, tearing up and replacing carpet, picking up trash, weeding gardens and cemeteries, organizing a tool shed, and shearing a sheep. They also enjoyed exploring Arizona at the Petrified National Park, Painted Desert, and Canyon de Chelle. They celebrated mass and played with children from the reservation as well. Rising senior Grace Rennhoff says the trip was an eye-opening experience. “I learned how blessed I am to have the things that I have compared to the barren land and minimal things the reservation people live with,” she says. “I hope that we brought joy and hope for the young kids we interacted with while there.”

This article was originally published in August 2023.