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Sister Parish, Inc. promotes intercultural and ecumenical understanding by establishing linkages between churches in the United States and faith-based communities in Central America. Our members tell you more in the brief video Introduction to Sister Parish.
Category Archives: General
Migrant Ministry Call // Llamada de Ministerio de Migrantes
(Versión en español más abajo) On Thursday, May 5, the northern and southern communities that are part of Sister Parish and some invited friends had the opportunity to meet Cristina Coronado and hear about her work on the Mexico-United States … Continue reading
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42nd Las Aradas Commemoration // 42 Aniversario Las Aradas
(Versión en español más abajo) Las Aradas: Commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of the Sumpul River massacre. The word “massacre” is very strong, but we use it out of respect for historical memory and the victims and survivors. On May … Continue reading
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Holy Week in Central American communities // Semana Santa en comunidades de Centroamérica
A brief journey through Holy Week 2022 // Un pequeño viaje a través de Semana Santa en 2022 (Versión en español más abajo) During Holy Week Christians recognize the anniversary of the suffering of Christ and the day of his … Continue reading
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International Women’s Day Event // Evento del Día Internacional de la Mujer.
A Sister Parish virtual event to commemorate International Women’s Day and raise awareness about why the struggle continues. // Un evento virtual de Iglesias Hermanas para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Mujer y generar consciencia en la población sobre … Continue reading
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Time to remember, time to tell // Tiempo de recordar, tiempo de contar
A CCR event for repopulated communities in Chalatenango, El Salvador // Un evento de CCR para las comunidades repobladas en Chalatenango, El Salvador (Versión en español más abajo) March 5, 2022 The Association for the Development of Communities in Chalatenango … Continue reading
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A new “travel” experience this Advent / Una experiencia de “viaje” diferente en el Adviento
(Versión en español más abajo) As we all know, throughout the world, in the last two years we have had to adapt our lives to a different way of life. Among other things, this has meant creating a different way … Continue reading
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Tagged actividades virtuales, advent, adviento, guarjila, virtual activities, wallingford
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Virtual Posada / Posada Virtual
(Versión en español más abajo) On Saturday, November 13, 2021, Sister Parish members were blessed to be able to gather virtually as brothers and sisters, north and south, from numerous communities and churches, to participate in a virtual posada. The … Continue reading
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Jon Cortina, 16th Aniversary / Jon Cortina, 16 Aniversario – Guarjila 12-11-21
(Versión en español más abajo) “Jon Cortina, a true man” is a lyric from a popular song that they sing with love in Guarjila when remembering Father Cortina. He was a Jesuit priest and engineer, born in Spain but naturalized … Continue reading
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Tagged Aniversarios, Anniversaries, commemorations, conmemoraciones, guarjila, vigilias, vigils, wallingford
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Conversation about Coco and Day of the Dead/ Conversación sobre Coco y Día de los muertos.
Day of the Dead conversation with Duluth and Los Ranchos/ Conversación sobre Día de los muertos con Duluth y Los Ranchos Continue reading
St Joan of Arc – Tierra Nueva 2 Virtual Delegation 2021 – Delegación Virtual 2021
St Joan of Arc and Tierra Nueva 2 organized a virtual delegation in August of 2021. Johana and Pedro from Tierra Nueva 2 read the following words at the closing mass in Guatemala. First of all, we want to thank … Continue reading
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