Social Responsibility

Really Good News for our Honduras Mission! Good news: we will be taking a small team of 5 persons, August 15-21.  While the political situation continues to unfold, other missioners and our Honduran friends tell us that daily life is largely unaffected, aside from the increasing poverty brought about by the resulting economic instability.  The REALLY good news?  Our special collection netted $2500!  This will go towards the community’s construction needs—bathrooms and a community kitchen.   And a partnership proposal with Living Water International has resulted in a grant of 50 water filtration systems!  This project will be the focus of our week at Divina Misericordia.  Please keep all of our friends in Honduras in your prayers.  Thanks to all who have been so generous!

"Let's go over to the other side!" -- Jesus

We, a few of your fellow community members, want to share with you the great experience of meeting Rob and Jessica, and their six beautiful children: Maria (11), Brittany (9), Sharon (5), Stacy (4), Rachel (2) and Robert Junior (6 months).  Some of us just spent a wonderful week with the family, in the first phase of our Epiphany Summer Rehab project, led by our new St. Vincent de Paul members. 

This project began in March with a phone call from Sister Shelly at the Sister Visitor Program.  She explained that Rob and Jessica had been struggling for some months to pay very high gas bills.  Their lives and finances were severely impacted when Rob, a tow truck operator, lost his lower right leg in a roofing accident several years ago.  It seemed like there might be more than we should do, beyond the usual pledge of financial assistance.  We agreed that our new St. Vincent de Paul group was ready to begin making home visits, so Bill Spath and Jim English went down to the home in the Portland neighborhood. 

• Sister Visitor Center: June Means Hot Weather! The sisters of Sister Visitor Center are hoping you might have fans and/or working air conditioners (window units) to share with the families they serve in the West End. Call Sister Rebecca, 775-5766, if you can deliver your donation, or our Sister Larraine, 245-9733, X-19, to make other arrangements.