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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.
More to follow-Webmaster
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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