Martin De Porres

                          
                          

 

 

 

Welcome to Martin De Porres

Touching Hearts & Minds Since 1972

A Lasallian Educational Community

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Board Members, Lasallian Associates and Guests,

Thank you for visiting our Martin de Porres Lasallian Family. Our web page will provide you with a extensive experience of our ministry of “touching the hearts” of those entrusted to our care.

At Martin de Porres we reach out and embrace all those whose lives are in some significant ways “at-risk.” Each of our programs provides an opportunity for our children and young men and women to experience success in academics, as well as in social, behavioral and interpersonal relationships.

For the past 38 years we have continued to be a “home away from home” for all whose lives we have had the privilege to influence and to touch.

During the past 8 years we have experienced significant growth in our desire to respond to the needs presented to us by those we serve. As you travel through this web site you will meet our youngsters and our staff at Martin de Porres Elementary and Middle School in Queens, Martin de Porres High School in Rosedale, Martin de Porres Career Academy in Elmont, our Youth Centers in Queens and Elmont, our Group Homes in Elmhurst and Springfield Gardens, and our newly opened Group Residence in Ozone Park and Lasallian Formation Center in Elmont..

We would welcome you to visit one of our program sites to experience faith and zeal in action and a creative, disciplined, and caring approach to engaging students in educational and personal experiences that are life-giving and life-transforming.

 

Raymond R Blixt, FSC

Executive Director

 

AT MARTIN DE PORRES

“WE BELIEVE MIRACLES HAPPEN WHEN HEARTS ARE TOUCHED”

Reflection

Sharing our Hearts!

We are all aware that many if not most of those entrusted to our care have not experienced a loving relationship with parents, guardians, or foster parents and therefore they have no role models of what love should feel and look like.  Therefore, building a relationship of trust with our kids is and will continue to be a patient, and at times, a very traumatic process. We are called to offer love and care for each of those entrusted to us with an open heart even in the midst of seeming rejection of that love and care.  Personally, if we make this effort each and every day we may and will find that we personally can reach a greater level of personal transformation and fulfillment.  In giving this care and love we will learn powerful lessons of the true meaning of who we are and the transformative power that allows change in us and in those we care about.  This is truly a journey of commitment that we hopefully have willingly embraced and will continue to embrace each and every day.