San Lucas Toliman Guatemala 2013 Mission and Awareness Trip Team

 

14 parishioners have been meeting monthly for almost a year now and are ready to leave November 23-December 2.  We will be staying at San Lucas Mission in Sololá, Guatemala.

The purpose of this mission trip is to learn more about a third world country and our responsibility as Catholics to help the most vulnerable.  We are seeking to understand the lives of the poor and support their strengths and to try to understand the problems they face day to day and our role in them.  Our goal is to see where we can help and how we can build long-term relations with the people of San Lucas.

We are inviting the community to “Guatemalan Night” on Saturday October 26 after the 5pm Mass at St. Charles Borromeo.  The team will be cooking and serving a typical Guatemalan meal for everyone. (free will offering)  Silent Auction items will be available  to bid on, the last bid will be Sunday the 27^th after 10am Mass.  A slideshow presentation of San Lucas Mission will be shown.  All donations will go towards our San Lucas volunteer projects and expenses.

The missioners will be staying and working alongside the villagers, visiting and helping in the orphanage, Casa Shalom, nearby, helping tutor students in the school, building tile stoves for individual families as well as helping in the healthcare clinic. 

We ask for your prayers the upcoming months… we are excited to be a part of this trip and doing the will of God.