To serve a higher cause means learning English at least for these three. 
   Coming to BSML started with a "master plan" of sorts, for Brazilian priest Jose Ronaipe Machado.  In pursuit of a Masters Degree in education at Boston College, Father Machado tells us: "The first step to obtaining my goal was to have a strong command of the language.  So that's the main reason I am here."  After just three months of study, a self-assured Father Machado now sits with his classmates and carries on conversations in English.  But it wasn't like this at first, he laughs. "It was difficult in the beginning. I was afraid I'd never understand it. I learned so much from all the different classes: vocabulary, idioms and grammar. I have improved a lot.  Meeting people from all over the world is also an interesting experience and I love beautiful Boston!"
       Father Elie Eid of Lebanon talks about his first introduction to English-through what many consider a universal language-music.  "I used to own a disco and picked up quite a bit of understanding initially, through listening to the Bee Gees, Abba, Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan."  Spinning records, however, was not to be his last calling. 
    Now, as a priest, he will be running a parish here in the U.S.  "It's very, very important to learn this language-especially if you plan to live here for any length of time and help others.  Some people separate themselves from American society by not doing so.  I don't want to be like that, especially when speaking with youth." 
   Father Eid has only the highest "prays" for his BSML teachers: "They do their jobs from the bottom of their hearts-all of them-really.  They give me self-confidence, which is an added benefit.  And it's something I did not have a month ago."                                                               
   Around the BSML campus, Brother Antonio Teixeira is simply called, "Tex."  ("Tex" is a nickname often given to cowboys from the state of Texas who ride bucking horses-and this guy is not about to let anything about the English language throw him off). 
    Brother Teixeira will be attending an important fundraiser this summer in New York.  "This is a big event and I need to learn English to be able to communicate with other Salesians for our projects in order to help the poor."  (A Salesian is a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin, Italy in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work).  "Also, in my home country of Brazil, I am working for an organization where we have a big mixture of people from all over the world. English is greatly needed for better communications and getting things done."  BSML is the place to get the business of learning English done and done well, a happy Tex tells us.  "No matter how tough it is, I'm courageous and I won't give up!"