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Between America and France : a profound and old friendship !
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QUIZZ- Where did the American Declaration of Independance was signed? In Versailles in 1783.
- Who fonded Saint Louis (MO) ?Pierre Laclede a French citizen.
- .Louisiana is named in reference of who?To the French king St Louis.
- Who was Lafayette? A French aristocrat and military who fought in the American revolution war.
- What is the society of Cincinnaty ?The Society of the Cincinnati is the nation's oldest patriotic organization, founded in 1783 by officers of the Continental Army and their French counterparts who served together in the American Revolution
- Who is St Theodore Guerin ?She was a French-American saint and is the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, a congregation of Catholic nuns.
- Who was Pierre Marquette ? A French Jesuit father who discovered the Missisippi River.
- What is Omaha beach ? It's a place in Normandy where is located the American Cemetery. 9,387 american soldiers died during world war II are buried there.
- What is the origin of the Statue of Liberty? The Statue was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. Designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
We could quote so many other examples of this so special friendship between our two countries.
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Why ?- Inspired Gateways aims to build Catholic bridges for our kids who will be , in the next generation, the leaders of tomorrow. We want them to discover in our common values and history, a way to deepen their Catholic faith sowing the ground for mutual bonds and friendships between our two countries.
- We want to offer to our French Catholic youth, highly-educated and highly involved in their faith the opportunity to share these values with American Catholic youth, to build beautiful friendships, to experience life in practicing Catholic families and in American Catholic high schools.
Who ?- Our students are mostly freshmen and sophomores with some juniors. They all attend a Catholic HS in France.
- They are highly motivated, academically good students, most of them do sports , team or individual, and give some time to charities ( homeless, food banks,etc...).
How?
- They would spend 3or 4 weeks in the US, round October / November or March / April of the school year OR 3 weeks during summer.
- Possibility for the American host student to be hosted and visit his / her French friend at a later date (ie following June) with no inconvenience for your academic year.
- Host families must be Catholic, church-going people , the same as our families . Many French students in the program are involved in their parish. It is one of the cornerstones of this exchange.