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Peru Dinner April 10, 2010
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LEFT: Father Tony Herold presents Clinton Franciscan Sister Phyllis Morris a check for $5000 from the parish, given annually to provide a stipend and medical insurance for the pastor and deacon at our sister parish, La Virgen Pura y Limpia, in Sapillica, Peru, Diocese of Chulucanas. The money is raised by the parish Peru Task Force from regular donations by parisioners, sale of free trade coffee and cocoa, sale of Peruvian note cards and Christmas cards, and events like the fifth annual Peru dinner held at St. Boniface Hall on April 10. Sister Phyllis, who has ministered in the Diocese of Chulucanas for 45 years, is now the director of finance and catechetics for the Diocese. |
Also accepting the check is Father Chris Steinle, O.S.A., Mission Office Director for the Augustanian Friars of the Midwest who staff the Diocese of Chulucanas. Father Steinle was the guest speaker for the evening.
| RIGHT: Most Rev. John McNabb, the now-retired founding bishop of the Diocese of Chilucanas, chats with parisioners at the dinner table. Bishop McNabb also spoke at the dinner. "Being here with you and seeing all these pictures from sapillica makes me homesick", said the Bishop who now lives in Olympia fields, Illinois. "I am deeply grateful for your committment to the people of Sapillica and the Diocese of Chulucanas ". Bishop McNabb, who was the youngest bishop to paricipate in the Vatican II Council, served in Peru for more than 40 years. |  |
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ABOVE LEFT: Father Chris Steinle speaks to the crowd, describing the impact of our involvement with the people of Sapillica. He said that it is so important to the people of peru to know that there are other people in the world who care about them. Often it's the knowledge of that care that sustains them in their daily struggles. The stipend for the pastor and deacon provided by the people of Prince of Peace parish is what allows the people of Sapillica to have their own parish. Without our help they would be a mission parish, able to receive the Sacraments only rarely.
ABOVE RIGHT: Barb Foster, chairperson of the Peru Task Force, spoke about projects of the Peru Task Force including the sale of free trade coffee and cocoa. About 70 people attended the dinner.
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LEFT: Mary Jo Powers describes the Peru Pilgramage, which several paisioners have taken in the past. Although no pilgramage has been set for this year, it could happen at any time if enough people are interested. In addition to visiting Chulucanas and, of course, Sapillica, the pilgrams usually see Lima, the capital of Peru. the famed ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu, and Cusco home of the Festival of the Sun every June. |