someone told me before i left that they would rather go to africa, where the real mission territory is. i agreed that this wasn't real mission territory, after all, it's a Catholic country, right? boy was i wrong. i said a Mass for these boys today and they poor fellows couldn't even say the Our Father. not a single adult bothered to show up. i delivered the schedule myself on monday. the lady who is supposedly in charge of the local community was at the haitian market.
this might be a Catholic country, but half of these boys weren't even baptized - the task is daunting - 35 of these communities exist and i realize that the parish life of the bánica and pedro santana will be similar to that of the states: for instance, i had holy hour with confessions tonight. sung the o salutaris and tantum ergo by myself, but other than that, it's just like ola. however, the evangelization of these campos is going to require a massive outreach - i need some solid catholic lay people who can get out there everyday and really do some education. any volunteers?
this might be a Catholic country, but half of these boys weren't even baptized - the task is daunting - 35 of these communities exist and i realize that the parish life of the bánica and pedro santana will be similar to that of the states: for instance, i had holy hour with confessions tonight. sung the o salutaris and tantum ergo by myself, but other than that, it's just like ola. however, the evangelization of these campos is going to require a massive outreach - i need some solid catholic lay people who can get out there everyday and really do some education. any volunteers?
