Honduras Mission

Two missions yearly to work with Divine Mercy community in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

An Exchange of Heart: A Friendship Mission

On Saturday, February 6th (10:00 AM-noon) in our Community Center, we will offer children Grades 3 through 8 and their parents the opportunity to have an experience of solidarity with our friends in Honduras and an opportunity for artistic expression for Epiphany’s children. This effort is being co-sponsored by Social Responsibility and Family/Children’s Formation.

 

Help Others with Old Costume Jewelry for our upcoming Mission to Honduras

Help Others with Old Costume Jewelry? Ladies, is one of your New Year’s resolutions to clean out your jewelry box? Here’s a good solution! Bring old costume necklaces, earrings and bracelets to church, and place them in the box in the Gathering Area. Women in Honduras are making paper jewelry to sell for income, and could add beads or other parts of old jewelry to make their products more unique. We need what you have by February 15, in time to prepare for our upcoming trip to Honduras.

Honduras, here we come! Our February Honduras trip was put on hold for a time, but recent developments have revived our plans. We have plans for a small team to further develop the water purification, paper jewelry and after-school program projects. We leave February 24, and will return on March 3. If you are interested in going along, please contact Sister Larraine.

Honduras Mission: One week

Greetings to our Beloved Community of Epiphany, from the Honduras Team!

Honduras Mission: Arrival

Christ statue at Pichaho, Tegucigalpa, Honduras(This story was sent to us from Sr. Larraine after their arrival in Honduras for this upcoming week's mission)

Hola Epiphany de Tegucigalpa, Honduras!

We have arrived without any travel problems, and are settled into the Franciscan Friary at St. Maximilian Kolbe. We were delighted to learn that tomorrow (Sunday August 16) is the grand fiesta of St. Maximilian Kolbe, so we will experience a full morning of procession, liturgy and street fair. After lunch our friend Jorge will be chauffering us to the statue of Christ at Picacho, which overlooks the city. (Jorge’s eldest son is named Jeffrey, so he and Father Jeff have hit it off). Like us, many mission teams have a tradition of beginning their week with a prayer and blessing at the foot of this 5 story high statue.

August Honduras Mission: Update

Honduras MissionOur Honduras Mutual Mission. Please keep our team and the Divine Mercy Community in your prayers as we all prepare for our one-week mutual mission in Tegucigalpa, beginning Saturday, August 15. The Epiphany team includes Lily Alexis, Sharon Oster, Fr. Jeff Nicolas, Bill Mezzetti and Sister Larraine. The Divine Mercy team includes Fray Isidoro, Lilian Santos, and Denis Garcia. Watch the website for photos!

Our chief effort will be expansion of the water purification ministry. We’ll also help out with other projects, including construction of the parish community center. And we will be initiating an arts interchange between children of our two communities—watch for results in the gathering area!

If you are interested in being a part of future missions, please plan to attend the monthly meetings on first Thursdays.

Honduras Mission Update: the other side

Map of HondurasWhat's Going on in Honduras?  Will we still be going?  Honduras is in the midst of a military coup, leading to widespread civil unrest: protests, looting, financial instability and violence.  The leadership of Divine Mercy, our sister community, called in the midst of a country-wide blackout on Sunday June 29, to ask for our prayers.  At this time, our plans for the August trip are on hold, until the situation is stabilized. 

 

 

Honduras mission meeting

What: Honduras mission team meeting
When: First Thursday of each month (June 4th), after Spanish 6:30pm liturgy

Former and upcoming team members, please plan to attend a monthly meeting on the first Thursday after the Spanish 6:30pm liturgy (about 7pm or so).

 

 

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