Clinton's
Phyllis Morris OSF has been serving the Diocese of Chulucanas since its founding.
2005 will mark her 40th year in Peru. First as a teacher, later as a parish pastoral
agent and director of catechetics for the diocese, and now as financial director
and member of the diocesan pastoral coordination team, Sister Phyllis has traveled
the length and breadth of the mountainous diocese, wading through swollen rivers
and picking her way over rock slides to reach the people-mostly farmers, who subsist
on the food they produce as the weather permits. |
Our goals for this endeavor are three-fold: 1. Consciousness raising: We want to learn as much as we can about our brothers and sisters in Peru - their faith, hopes, dreams, joys, challenges and sorrows. 2. Fund raising: We want to share our blessings with Peru. The immediate need is to build a parish center. The estimated cost is between $20,000 to $30,000. We don't have to raise this entire amount, but whatever we can do to help will be appreciated. 3. Awareness raising: There is no better way to be aware of other people then to meet them. We hope to send some parishioners to Peru to meet our brother and sister parishioners in Sapillica. Wouldn't it be great if some of our parishioners could travel to Peru as early as this summer? Our partnership with the Diocese of Chulucanas also will augment the good work the Sisters of St. Francis of Clinton have been doing there for 40 years. I am sure that whatever we can do to learn, share, and be more sensitive to the people in our sister parish will be blessed abundantly by God. Thank you for whatever assistance, prayers and help you can give. Wishing you the peace
of Christ, |
