Several young adults from our parishes had the opportunity to participate in a Pro Ecclesia Sancta-led international mission trip in June near Huancayo, Peru.
Attendees from our parishes included Kanin Nelson, Kellen Odell, Miranda Hanson, Connor Singrey, Brady Wilson, Elyssa Delehant, and Br. Bryan Esquivias, PES. There were a total of 35 missionaries and four religious priests, brothers and sisters.
The trip and mission work occurred at a Pro Ecclesia Sancta mission center call Misiones Huascaran, located in the Andes of Peru, outside of the city Huancayo. Mission work included working on a chapel located at the cemetery, which is used by seven different villages to bury their deceased. The work included digging, making and laying concrete, and plastering the walls. In addition to construction, the women missionaries also worked with catechesis of the local children.
The Pro Ecclesia Sancta community hopes to take another local group of missionaries to Peru next year. Any college-aged youth are encouraged to be on the lookout for an invitation for this life-changing experience.