The Brothers of Charity in the Washington Times

By Mary Frances McCarthy SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This time of year -- as the semester draws to a close and thoughts turn to summer break -- lines in college bookstores snake around the racks while students exchange textbooks for cash.

But at Catholic University (CUA) in Northeast Washington, many students were thinking of a library to be assembled thousands of miles away in Kigoma, Tanzania.

Instead of selling their textbooks, CUA students -- together with faculty, staff and local agencies -- collected more than 7,700 books to establish a university-level academic library for the Brothers of Charity, a Belgium-based religious order. The brothers train refugees and residents of local communities in the fields of education, nursing and social work in Kigoma.

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