BENDIGA JOURNAL Journey of a Missionary

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Greetings from Corozal Town
 Belize
 Central America

             
Father Brian Cooper, CSV

Father Brian was  asked by his  Holy Order- The Clerics of St Viator  to serve as Pastor of St Francis Xavier Parish in Corozal Town, Belize.
He has  been asked to serve for one year starting June 2008. Pastor Father Chris Glancy, CSV is is on a sabbatical and will be returning to resume duties as Pastor on July 1, 2009.
For the past ten years, Viatorians, with very limited manpower, have done  remarkable work in this parish which extends about 450 square miles and covers 23 towns where chapels have been erected so that the villagers can celebrate Mass and receive Holy Communion. Because of the limit of only two priests, Mass can only be celebrated twice a month in each of the twenty-three towns. The parish office and main church is in Corozal and here Mass is celebrated every morning at 6:30am, Saturday at 6:00PM and Sunday at 7:00Am (Spanish) and 9:00am (English). Holy Communion is given by lay leaders in each of the 23 towns. The Viatorians serving here since 1998 have done much to help in the construction of the chapels and improvements in the main church and also created high school for agriculture by purchasing land for a farm and constructing a vocational high school. You are invited to open these pages and view the photographs and comments. The pages are listed above and at the bottom of this page. Included is the Libano Story where Father Brian  served as Missionary and Pastor until the Spring of this year. Father Brian's leadership, with the help of others, gave birth to a housing project, established a coffee company and helped feed  and cloth the poorest of the poor in  a small town in Colombia South America. You can veiw this history by going to The Libano Story which is also on this website.

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Here is a picture of the newest member in our parish in Belize. She looks to
be about a month old and her name is "Sweet Gypsy Rose"  or just "Gypsy".
Gypsy enjoys my bed.

                      Father Brian


                                                                           


Donations may be mailed to::
Father Brian Cooper,CSV
Helping the Children Program
390 W Mahogony Court #206
Palatine, IL 60067
    Please make checks payable to: Clerics of St Viators


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