Setting Sketch

The Saint John Paul Resource Center (formerly the Works of Mercy Center), recently renamed and expanded as a school, health center, ministry center, communication center, and outreach center to the local ytribes and peoples. This was done at the urging of Pope Gregory XVIII, a Tanzanian man, formerly Archbishop of Nairobi, now the world's first African pope. Gregory is known for his desire for ecumenical srevice in the name of Christ, as well as desire for ministry in his home continent in the bloody aftermath of the Water Wars.

The Center itself is near the former border of _________ and ___________, although national borders have become moot amidst the post-war desolation. The School is overseen and taught by a Catholic layman, the health center by a Catholic nun.nurse, and the outreach center by Brother Paolo, who serves as the Center's spiritual leader, under the authority of the Diocese of ______________. There is no priest in the surrpounding area, and Brother Paolo serves the appopriate spiritual/priestly functions on Center property.