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Dear Mission Friends, For 44 years, our Dominican Mission Foundation has been providing spiritual, medical, material, and social care for the native people of our mission areas around the globe. This work is possible thanks in great part to the help we receive through the mission appeals offered by dioceses such as yours. With this letter, we are requesting inclusion in your 2009 Mission Cooperation Plan. Our most recent mission endeavor is in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, (across the
border from El Paso, Texas) at the Casa del Migrante, where our Dominican
Friars and Sisters provide shelter, food, clothing, and medical In Africa, our Friars in Kenya incorporate Dominican traditions as they We continue our ministry in Chiapas, Mexico, where our Mission Team is responsible for the largest Catholic parish in the world, serving the poorest and most oppressed people of Mexico: the Tzeltal Indians. Over 200,000 people in 1,000 indigenous communities are served. We support two parishes, two human rights centers, a women’s center, and Hospital San Carlos, which serves 15,000 patients annually, primarily Tzeltal Indians. The Catholic faith is growing deeper in the life and culture of the Mayan people, through our work of evangelization, the celebration of the sacraments, and catechesis by 1,000 Mayan catechists. Mediation, reconciliation, and the reconstruction of peace are a primary focus. Our Dominican Friars and Sisters in Mexicali, Mexico, work together to
build up community in one of the poorest areas of the diocese. With the Our missionary endeavors in Guatemala continue throughout 38 mountain villages: building adobe chapels for the celebration of the sacraments, constructing wells for water, sustaining a Maya/Achi bi-lingual school, providing scholarships for students studying nursing and computers, and maintaining sewing and weaving projects. Evangelization and the defense of human rights are central to our work. In Lithuania, our missionaries continue to rebuild,
spiritually and Finally, our support extends to the lepers of the Tala Leper Colony in
the Philippines, where Filipino Dominican Friars and Sisters administer the
Thank you for your part in supporting our Dominican Missionaries so that they may continue to bring healing, help, hope, and the Gospel into the lives of those we serve in Mexico, Guatemala, Kenya, Lithuania, and the Philippines.
Prayer: Triduum of Saint Martin de Porres
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