Item Detail
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27046
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English
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The Impact of Centro Escolar Benemerito de las Americas, a Church School in Mexico
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Religious Educator
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2014
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15
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Provo, UT
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Religious Studies Center, BYU
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145-167
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"Most members of the Church in the United States and other parts of the world now knew that the Church owned a high school in Mexico. Benemérito, a major high school in Mexico City that operated for over forty-nine years with a total enrollment of nearly 23,000 students, would graduate its last senior class of approximately 650 students. The nearly 1,600 students not graduating would return home to find and enroll in a high school near their own homes throughout Mexico, giving their seat up, as Elder Holland taught them, 'so that a missionary could take it and help in the conversion of thousands.' [1] This announcement raised many questions. Why did the Church have a school in Mexico? Who were the faculty and students involved in this school? What was life on campus like? What has been its impact on individuals, families, the Church, and Mexico? A review of historical documents and interviews with participants help to answer these questions." [Excerpt from article]