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HONDURAS: April-
June 2013Just aer Easter this past April I began a series of
extended vis-its to the new missionary Diocese of La Ceiba on the
north coastof Honduras. Shortly aer arriving and assisng with the
heavy
weekend schedule of Masses, I traveled to Comayagua to helpman
the friary while the brothers there were away on retreat.
Upon returning to La Ceiba we experienced the rst of
severalearth tremors that destroyed homes in nearby San Juan
Pueblo.
I was able to accompany Bishop Michael Lenihan on a
solidarityvisit to those aected.
May brought the patronal feast of San Isidro that included
pro-cessions, Masses (including one outdoors) and other
celebra-
ons. The following weekend of Pentecost I traveled again
toComayagua for a number of youth formaon acvies
(Missioners of Christ, Communion and Liberaon, Corazn Pu-ro) and
a visit to the Granja boys orphanage.
June was an extremely busy and evenul month; its the
Month of Youth in Honduras, and included many youth acvi-es,
including a Eucharisc youth encounter for the cathedralparish on
Corpus Chris Sunday. On June 13th we traveled tothe outlying
community of San Antonio in Tegucigalpita to cele-brate their
patronal feast with them - it was the rst visit of apriest in over
a year. In mid-June Bishop Michael created the
second new parish since the establishment of the diocese,
Im-maculate Heart of Mary in the Sauce secon of the city. Thatevent
was preceded by a week of evangelizaon and prepara-on acvies.
Finally, in July Franciscan Mission Outreach was pleased to
beable to help sponsor a delegaon of ve young people to repre-sent
the Diocese of La Ceiba at World Youth Day in Rio de Janei-
ro, Brazil with Pope Francis.
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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES:
At the request of Bishop Michael Lenihan, OFM, most of
ourmissionary acvity this year will take place in the Diocese of
La
Ceiba, Honduras and will include evangelizaon eorts,
spiritu-
al formaon, programs for youth and young adults, welcoming
vising mission teams, and developing outreach to the poor.
We will also be collaborang closely with Missioners of
Christ.
Honduras: Jul 31 - Oct 1:
Missioners of Christ Honduran retreat: Aug 9 - 12
Daughters of Mary of Nazareth mission team: Aug 16 - 24
Formation Activities, Comayagua: Sep 26 - 30
Honduras: Oct 28 - Dec 16:
Pan de Vida Retreat, La Ceiba: Nov 1-
3
Formation Activities, Comayagua: Nov 29 - Dec 4
Our missionary eorts depend on your spiritual and nancial
support. Please pray for us! Tax-deductible donations to
support the life, ministries and missionary outreach of the
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal can be made out to
Franciscan Mission Outreachand sent to :
Franciscan Mission OutreachPO Box 1086
Secaucus, NJ 07096-1086
Thank you! You are in our prayers!
HAPPENINGS IN OTHER PLACES:
Ethiopia / Uganda:
In May, Franciscan Mission Outreach sponsored ve Ethiopi-
ans to parcipate in a leadership conference conducted at
Emmaus Centre for Catholic Discipleship and Evangelizaon in
Kakamu, Uganda. Fr. Dereje Bekele accompanied four lay
leaders from the two principal prayer groups in Addis Ababa.
South Sudan:In the midst of an extremely dicult circumstances,
the Nige-
rian Missionaries of St. Paul connue to sta the House of
Mercy and do pastoral outreach in remote villages of the
Dio-
cese of Torit, South Sudan, assisted by lay missionary
Dennis
Kiyimba of Uganda, with equipment and support from FMO.
Haiti:In collaboraon with the Lile Brothers of St. Therese,
Fran-
ciscan Mission Outreach is helping to sponsor a cassava cul-
vaon project in the interior of the country that will help
poorfamilies grow their own food. We will return to Hai in
Janu-
ary 2014.
United States:Fr. Herald recently had the privilege of parcipang
in the
weddings of three men (one in Honduras and two in the US)
who have collaborated in missionary eorts, and on July 14
was blessed to accompany the YOUTH 2OOO New York pil-
grimage to the birthplace of St. Kateri in Fonda, NY.
