DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS OFFICE FROM MILWAUKEE VISITS SISTER PARISH IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Last March Ms. Antoinette Mensah, the new Director of the Missions Office of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, visited the sister parish of the archdiocese in Sabana Yegua. La Sagrada Familia Parish, which has been under the pastoral care of priests of the Community of Saint Paul since 2003, has had a partnership with the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for more than 30 years. Ms. Mensah had the chance to visit most towns in the parish, to get to know directly the work being carried out there and to spend time with many parishioners who live out their faith by being responsible of a variety of ministries. She was impressed with the diversity of activities happening there, and it was obvious that with her visit the bonds of friendship and solidarity between Milwaukee and Sabana Yegua were strengthened once again. 

END OF COURSES AT THE NAZARET LABOR TRAINING CENTER, LA SAGRADA FAMILIA PARISH, SABANA YEGUA

The Nazaret Labor Training Center offers courses in beauty and hair-styling, computer skills and sewing for persons of low income living in Sabana Yegua, as well as sewing courses in four more rural communities: Ganadero, Proyecto 4, El Rosario and Los Toros. These courses are coordinated by the Parish and run from August to June.  This past June brought the end to yet another year of the Center's classes and on June 21 there was a festive graduation ceremony for the participants who had finished the different courses.