Adopt-a-Fellow - Spiritually Nourish Families!
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Adopt-a-Fellow = Forming Disciples and Their Families!
In our final week of #LivingHope, we want to share with you the stories of an incredibly impactful group of people who have been a source of strength—emotionally and spiritually—for the children and families we serve in The Bronx for six years, and will be doing so for many more to come—in New York, Ohio, and elsewhere.
Our Secret Sauce: Seton Teaching Fellows
Our Seton Teaching Fellows Program is a 1-year missionary commitment—with an option for a 2nd—in which leaders serve at Seton network schools, playing a special role in vibrant catechesis to further the mission of the New Evangelization. What kind of impact do Fellows make? Yeime Valle, chief of our El Camino Network and Seton Teaching Fellows Program, puts it this way:
“The Fellows have given a year of service, because of Christ—not for any other reason...and the children we serve know that. Our disciples know that ‘you took a year of service because you love me. You love me. That’s it. You love me.’ Do you know how generous that is? A year of your life. You are not getting any reward in this world for your work. You are doing this because ‘you love Christ, so you come here to love.’ And that’s what all of our Fellows do.”
In July, we will welcome our 7th cohort of Seton Teaching Fellows. With the world experiencing so much turmoil, we had expected many candidates applying to our unique fellowship to change their plans, do something more reasonable, or perhaps stay closer to family for their first year out of college. But instead, we have 40 Fellows—more than ever before—serving our disciples and their families this year. Two are even returning for a second year—turning down job offers that pay full-time salaries to continue to give of themselves, many in a city in which they’ve never lived.
Adopting a Fellow = Forming 15 Disciples (the children we serve) and their families
Cohort 5 Fellows in The Bronx with four disciples (and siblings) on the day of their baptisms. Their mom was so inspired by her boys that she came dressed in white asking to be baptized, too!
YOU also have an opportunity to demonstrate sacrificial love. We’re asking you to join us in Adopting a Fellow. In case you’re not convinced, Valle says: “These Fellows are worth sponsoring. They are going to be Christ’s hands and Christ’s feet. AND They are going to give His Love.”
But even the Fellows know, it’s not about them. By Adopting a Fellow, you are adopting an entire class of 15 students at one of our schools, and their families. “We don’t want money to be a reason why a child can’t learn their faith. We are already cutting the costs for El Camino—the optional after school program our Fellows lead—to $15 or less a month to ensure every family that wants their child to learn the faith has access to it—and we know most can’t pay,” Valle says. But by adopting a fellow, and ensuring we have the funds we need to house our Fellows and provide a modest living stipend for food, you’re ensuring every family that wants to know God better will have the opportunity to do so. Adopting a fellow is giving the gift of an enduring faith to children who would otherwise not have access to it.
Hear more about the impact of your donation and where you money goes from Yeime Valle.
Will you stand with these radical servants as they walk alongside hundreds of children in the Bronx and Cincinnati? If you can't give now, we invite you to still sign up to pray for a Fellow.
You can sign up to pray for and learn more about our Fellows at: https://livinghope.setonpartners.org/
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Karen
So grateful and so inspired!
Stephanie Saroki | $250
Deeply inspired and proud of our Seton Teaching Fellows for their “Yes” to this missionary year of service.
Faiza
God bless you all!
Elizabet
Thank you all for your service! Praying especially for a UC grad like I am, Rosaura! You are such a gift to the families of El Camino!
Spencer Garrett
Samuel, I am thrilled that you are going to be a Seton Teaching Fellow. Know that you are in my prayers as you begin this year of giving yourself fully. I cannot wait to see the impact you will make on our El Camino disciples.
Vincent Castaldi
May God bless you in your loving service to Him. Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam!
Samantha Craver
This year is a big one. You are changing so many lives by saying yes to this mission. Your students' lives, your family & friends' lives, your own. Stay strong in your faith. Pray more than you ever have before. Rejoice and spread the good news.
Tess & John Lane
We could not be more excited for this next cohort of Seton Teaching Fellows. There are some big shoes to fill, but these 40 men and women are up for the challenge! Know of our deepest prayers for this mission & gratitude for the joy each group of Fellows brings to our family's life each and every year!
Anonymous
Living out the joy of the Gospel in front of these kids is the best "lesson plan" you could ever give them! And what a gift you have to do just that this year!
Kayla Keller
Dannie, I'm so excited that you are a Seton Teaching Fellow! Be open to all of the unexpected blessings this year will bring, and know that I'm praying for you - especially for great trust and peace.
Alyssa | $21.08
Natalie! You are going to do amazing work at Brilla and in El Camino! You are a gift to all you know! I love you much!
Erin McAloon | $21.08
Bailey! Praying for you!! From one Mount Alumni to another. I hope we can get together soon:)