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Parish welcomes Rostro de Cristo

This week, St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena Parish hosted a meeting for board members of Rostro de Cristo, the Ecuador lay volunteer program founded by Father James Ronan in 1988. As mentioned on their web site:

"The main purpose of the program is to challenge young people to follow the example of Jesus by living and working among the poor, and by recognizing the face of Christ in them. The lay volunteers and retreat participants are young people from the U.S. who have been called by God to Ecuador to deepen their faith in two main ways: by living and praying in community and by serving others less fortunate than themselves.

From Boston College to Notre Dame to Stanford, since the program’s founding Rostro de Cristo has touched the hearts and challenged the minds of over 145 one year volunteers and more than 3,000 retreat participants from across the country."


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