| Our parish, through Catholic Relief
Services (CRS) Global Solidarity Partnership, has traveled
to the diocese of Santa Rosa
in
Guatemala. This unit of CRS strives to
promote the development of direct and mutually enriching relationships
between the people CRS serves in the US
and overseas that lead to the immediate and long-term transformation of
people and the world in which they live.
CRS can demonstrate that these relationships create a strong base
of solidarity from which personal dispositions can be changed and tangible
actions can take place for the common good.
Individuals are transformed by the spiritual awakening that occurs
in engaging directly with people from a distant place; groups can engage
in concrete activities such as advocacy and support of projects that will
improve living conditions for their partners.
Our
Guatemala Partnership Committee strives to bring this project to the minds
and hearts of all parishioners by providing information and prayer
opportunities. Now that the delegation has returned, the committee
will determine ways to more actively involve our fellow
parishioners.
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