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Open Delegation: A letter from the SP board // Delegación abierta: una carta de parte de la Junta Directiva
[Español más abajo] There is so much we want to share with you about the Open Delegation in November. So many stories, so many experiences. It had been four years since the last Open Delegation, and Cathy Burrell, current member … Continue reading
Posted in Delegaciones, Delegations, El Salvador, Español, General, Guatemala, norte al sur, North to South, South to North, United States
Tagged Comunidades, Delegación Abierta, Delegación abierta 2023, delegaciones, delegate reflections, delegations, el salvador, Español, featured, guarjila, guatemala, iglesia, los ranchos, north to south, open delegation, Open Delegation 2023, reflexiones, san josé la montaña, SJLM, st joan of arc, tierra nueva i, tierra nueva ii, travel, travel-2, upavim, Visitas
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Open Delegation 2023 / Delegación Abierta 2023
[Español más abajo] It’s well known that due to the global pandemic, our in-person delegations had to be postponed or canceled. After a long wait, we restarted our delegations in 2023 and joyfully returned to one of the best parts … Continue reading
Posted in Delegaciones, Delegations, El Salvador, Español, General, Guatemala
Tagged Ciudad de Guatemala, decorah, Delegación Abierta, delegaciones, delegate reflections, delegations, downers grove, Español, featured, guarjila, guatemala, los ranchos, north to south, open delegation, Open Delegation 2023, potrerillos, san josé la montaña, SJLM, st joan of arc, tierra nueva i, tierra nueva ii, travel, travel-2, upavim, WUMC
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Mesa Grande 2023
(Versión en español más abajo) On January 14, representatives of the repopulated communities of Chalatenango, Cabañas and Cuscatlán met in Mesa Grande, Honduras, where people had lived as refugees starting 43 years ago as a result of the internal armed … Continue reading
Posted in Aniversarios, Anniversaries, El Salvador, Español, General
Tagged commemorations, conmemoraciones, guarjila, los ranchos, san josé la montaña
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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
Posted in El Salvador, Español, General, News
Tagged ccr, el salvador, eventos, events, guarjila, san josé la montaña
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El Salvador communities respond to emergency / Comunidades de El Salvador responden ante la emergencia
In the fall of 2020, Sister Parish committees in El Salvador organized emergency aid in their communities. We are grateful to everyone who made this possible, those who donated to the Sister Parish Emergency Fund and the committee members who … Continue reading
Posted in Ayuda humanitaria 2020, El Salvador, Emergency Aid 2020, Español, General
Tagged ayuda humanitaria, ccr, covid-19, guarjila, los ranchos, san josé la montaña
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Open Delegation Stories 3: Visiting San Jose and Potrerillos, a day filled with God’s spirit
by Bob Burrell It was an early wake up for the Sister Parish delegates from the North and South. This morning we traveled through the valleys and hills of northern El Salvador in the Chalatenango region to San Jose la … Continue reading
Meet one of the scholarship students from San Jose la Montaña
Trinity Episcopal Church and their partner community San Jose la Montaña started a scholarship program for university students in 2018. Diana is one of five students in the program. The small projects proposed by southern communities in Sister Parish and … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador
Tagged projects, san josé la montaña, scholarships, trinity church
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Encuentro del Sur y Caminata de Solidaridad en El Salvador
English En diciembre, miembros de las comunidades centroamericanas de Iglesias Hermanas se reunieron para compartir sus experiencias, recibir capacitación y hacer planificación para el futuro. Los miembros se reunieron en San Salvador para visitar los sitios históricos, incluyendo la catedral … Continue reading
Southern Encounter and Solidarity Walk in Central America
Español In December, members of the Sister Parish Central American communities gathered for fellowship, training and organizational planning. The members met in San Salvador for a tour of the historical sites there, including the cathedral and La Divina Providencia Hospital, … Continue reading
Se celebra la canonización de San Romero
English En El Salvador, las comunidades celebraron la canonización de San Oscar Romero el 14 de octubre. Miles de personas, incluyendo los representantes de Iglesias Hermanas, se reunieron en la plaza central de San Salvador y en todo el país … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español
Tagged acomujerza, guarjila, los ranchos, potrerillos, representantes de el salvador, Romero, san josé la montaña, san romero, staff reflection
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