In February 2025, a group of 5 visitors spent a week at St. Antoine Secondary School, helping to rebuild the library bookshelves, meeting students, presenting lessons on Lent, entrepreneurship, and nutrition and getting to immerse ourselves in the daily lives of the students. Tours of the medical clinic, the school grounds and the village of Karangazi, the Genocide Memorial and a safari helped round out the week. Everyone was amazed with the interest the students had in learning, their desires and goals for their future careers and the quality of the teachers who expand the student’s knowledge 6 days [...]

Laughter is contagious and our annual benefit, Cocktails and Comedy is too. Over three years ago, as the country emerged from the global pandemic, FRE hosted a night of pure, clean comedy complete with grins, giggles and guffaws. Regaled by seasoned performers from the L.A. Comedy group, Catholic Laughter, the FUNdraiser proved to be just what the doctor ordered. The event grew in popularity becoming the most successful benefit for us to date, $130,000. Heading into its fourth year, Cocktails and Comedy focuses on funding student sponsorships to aid our talented students at St. Antoine’s School in Karangazi, Rwanda. [...]

Pull on a warm hat, lace up those shoes, and get ready to run a 5k or 10k the weekend before Thanksgiving. Taking place Saturday, November 18th, 2023, this will be the perfect training run for that upcoming Turkey Day 5k on the beautiful trails through Hudson Springs Park, adjacent to Seton Catholic School. You can sign up to run, walk, or just donate to support this amazing cause! The race will be held rain or shine! Brick by brick, we are changing the lives of these children with your help. Visit our race page HERE to sign up today! Register [...]

"THRILLING NEWS!" reports Fr. Gakirage Jean Bosco, ccmj, founder of St. Antoine's Secondary School – Nygatare, Rwanda Each year in Rwanda, students sit for the National Examinations. These are difficult exams given at all grade levels, the results of which are used to then rank students. We have recently learned that our students from St. Antoine's passed with flying colors, "beyond expectations." Indeed, six students are at the very top, with scores of 100%! "News of our success is thrilling to Rwandans everywhere," exclaimed Fr. Jean. He added, "What shocks everyone is that students from a school in such a [...]

“I am pleased with love rather than sacrifices. I rejoice in faithfulness to God rather than in sacrifices…” – Hosea: 6,6 During this Lenten spiritual experience, we turn to God, we seek to live in communion with fellow human beings, we search, at prayer, for inner peace. Harmony with our neighbor, with our very being can be some of the signs of Grace; the presence of God with us along the way to Easter! May Peace within our inner being become that special gift Christ offers us as we move together towards the Resurrection at Easter! Yours, Fr. Gakirage Jean Bosco, mccj. [...]