Extension magazine - Fall 2023
Carmen Alicia Rodriguez Echevarria stands outside a ruined school in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. She was hired as principal after an earthquake toppled the parish church and school. But three years later, school enrollment has tripled. Rodriguez is one of our seven Lumen Christi Award finalists this year. Their stories showcase how throughout America, the Catholic Church has a positive impact on our society.
Carmen Alicia Rodriguez Echevarria stands outside a ruined school in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. She was hired as principal after an earthquake toppled the parish church and school. But three years later, school enrollment has tripled. Rodriguez is one of our seven Lumen Christi Award finalists this year. Their stories showcase how throughout America, the Catholic Church has a positive impact on our society.
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8 BUILD Mission Needs<br />
<strong>Extension</strong> | <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2023</strong> 9<br />
PLEASE HELP UPLIFT FAITH COMMUNITIES<br />
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES<br />
Your donation will support a poor faith community in need and help keep the presence<br />
of the Catholic Church strong in our country. To contribute to one of these projects,<br />
please contact us at <strong>magazine</strong>@catholicextension.org or call 1-800-842-7804.<br />
PLEVNA MONTANA<br />
Tenakee Springs is known for its natural<br />
hot spring baths, fishing and hunting.<br />
The Chalan community Kanoa is<br />
128 nautical miles<br />
southwest of Juneau<br />
and only accessible<br />
by ferry or float<br />
Guam<br />
plane. Your donation<br />
will support travel<br />
costs for a circuit<br />
priest to journey to<br />
celebrate Mass at St.<br />
Francis Chapel, a mission church on the<br />
Caroline Islands<br />
remote island that Catholic <strong>Extension</strong> has<br />
proudly supported since 1975.<br />
Marshall Islands<br />
Samoa–Pago Pago<br />
TENAKEE SPRINGS ALASKA<br />
QUEMADO NEW MEXICO<br />
Sacred Heart Church serves a small<br />
community of<br />
farmers and retirees<br />
near the New<br />
Mexico-Arizona<br />
border in the<br />
Diocese of Gallup.<br />
Your donation will<br />
support a stipend for<br />
the parish’s resident<br />
priest, Father Divine<br />
Ebeke, who also travels 85 miles round trip<br />
to serve another mission.<br />
ISSION NEEDS<br />
Hawaii<br />
Located in eastern Montana near the North<br />
Dakota border, Plevna is home to workers<br />
in the agriculture, oil<br />
and gas production<br />
industries. St. Anthony’s<br />
Church has been<br />
part of the fabric of<br />
the community for<br />
more than a century,<br />
receiving Catholic<br />
<strong>Extension</strong> support as<br />
early as 1913. Your donation will fund basic<br />
operating expenses for this small-town<br />
mission church.<br />
EL INDIO TEXAS<br />
Your donation<br />
will ensure<br />
pastoral care for a<br />
community where<br />
nearly two thirds<br />
of children live<br />
below the poverty<br />
line. Father Peter<br />
Antonisamy, OMI,<br />
will be able to travel one hour round trip<br />
to serve parishioners at Our Lady of San<br />
Juan de los Lagos Mission in the village<br />
of El Indio.<br />
BATESVILLE ARKANSAS<br />
Three religious sisters provide ministry at<br />
two parishes in north-central Arkansas,<br />
where the Catholic<br />
population<br />
has doubled in<br />
recent years. The<br />
sisters’ incredible<br />
formation classes<br />
have inspired<br />
many lay Catholics<br />
to become<br />
involved as faith leaders in the Church.<br />
Your donation will support their ministry.<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
St. Thomas-<br />
Virgin Islands
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