Honduras Mission

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.

(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.

What'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.