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FRANCISCAN MISSION OUTREACH + PO BOX 1086 + SECAUCUS, NJ
07096-1086 + TEL: 718-618-4511
[email protected]+
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HONDURAS: Aug-Sep, Oct
-Dec 2013
As the presence and acvity of Franciscan Mission Outreachin the
Diocese of La Ceiba unfolds and extends, the momen-tum has
increased and more and more opportunies haveopened up. The two
month visits that took place in late sum-mer and late fall were
full of a variety of acvies involvingevangelizaon and outreach to
the poor. Some of theminclude:
Retreats and formaon acvies with and for Missionersof Christ lay
community, both in La Ceiba and Comaya-gua. In Comayagua this
includes working with Corazn
Puro youth chasty outreach, a edgling Communionand Liberaon
School of Community, and visits to theGranja Jess Nazareth home for
boys.
Welcoming the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth missionteam from
Boston that included both religious sistersand lay women. The team
conducted weeklong pro-grams for women and children in the
community of SanJudas Tadeo, as well as provided school supplies,
liturgi-cal items and support for repairs on the Santa InsWomens
Training Center.
A number of dierent evangelizaon eorts with theassistance of
pairs of Missioners of Christ that came toLa Ceiba for two
-week visits that included school pro-
grams, Holy Hours, radio shows, missionary formaon,youth acvies,
prison ministry and more.
Pan de Vida Eucharisc youth retreats for conrmaoncandidates from
two local parishes and for students atthe La Ceiba campus of the
Catholic University ofHonduras.
Pastoral assistance and sacramental ministry that in-cludes
regular Sunday Mass helpouts, Bapsms, FirstCommunions, Confessions
and vising outstaons suchas the Catholic communies on the island of
Guanaja.
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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES:
At the request of Bishop Michael Lenihan, OFM, most of our
missionary acvity connues to take place in the Diocese of La
Ceiba, Honduras and includes evangelizaon eorts, spiritual
formaon, programs for youth and young adults, welcoming
vising mission teams, and outreach to the poor. Many of
these acvies are carried out in close collaboraon with
Missioners of Christ.
Oct 23 -Dec 16: Honduras
Dec 17 -19: Parish Mission, St. Joan of Arc, Yorktown, VA
Jan 4 -11, 2014: Haiti
Jan 30 -Mar 10, 2014: Honduras
Mar 15 -19: Parish Mission, St. Joseph, Petersburg, VA
Apr 8 -20: Honduras: Holy Week & Jess en la Playa
Our missionary eorts depend on your spiritual and nancial
support. Please pray for us! Tax-deductible donations tosupport
the life, ministries and missionary outreach of the
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal can be made out to
Franciscan Mission Outreach and sent to :
Franciscan Mission OutreachPO Box 1086
Secaucus, NJ 07096-1086
Thank you! You are in our prayers!
AFRICA UPDATE: With the help of our benefactors, Franciscan
Mission Outreach was recently able to send support to twowonderful
works of mercy visited by Fr. Herald Brock, CFR last year: the
Mutemwa Leprosy Selement and Mother of Peace or-
phanage in Zimbabwe (pictured above). FMO was also able to
assist the Nigerian Missionaries of St. Paul working in Torit,
South
Sudan with vehicle repairs and sponsorship for local youth to
aend the Youth for Christ conference at Emmaus Centre in
Uganda.
Mary wrapped him in swaddling clothesand laid him in a
manger,
because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:6
FR. HERALD JOSEPH BROCK, CFRFRANCISCAN MISSION OUTREACH
Babies in a wash basin,
Riviere Froide, Carrefour, Haiti
