Travel across the Mediterranean with our Pastor Fr. Alejandro Lopez and his confrère Fr. Paul Joseph Langevin. Follow in the footsteps of St. Paul, one of the greatest Christian missionary and evangelists. See the places where the first Christian communities came together to worship and live. Learn about the struggles and triumphs of the early church. Download the brochure below for more details!

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​The Vietnamese community of Mary, Mother of God Parish invites everyone to join them for Vietnamese Lunar New Year which will be celebrated on Sunday, February 2 at St. Thomas of Canterbury. Mass is at 8 AM with a reception to follow in the basement social hall of the church.

The presider will be Fr. Bang Cong Tran, SVD and Fr. Alejandro and Fr. Thomas along with some other Vietnamese priests and deacon Jo. Thuan Than will be in attendance. Please join us for this wonderful celebration!

Ella es la Patrona de Honduras y su historia comenzó un sábado de febrero de 1747. Se cuenta que un campesino local, Alejandro Colindres, regresaba al pueblo de Suyapa después de un largo día de recolección de maíz. Al caer la noche, decidió pasar la noche cerca de un barranco. Cuando se acostó en el suelo, sintió un objeto duro debajo de él y lo arrojó lejos. Sin embargo, al acostarse nuevamente, descubrió que el objeto había regresado. Lo colocó en su bolsa y descubrió, por la mañana, que el objeto que había regresado a él no era una piedra, sino una pequeña imagen tallada de Nuestra Señora.
 
La Virgen de Suyapa fue declarada Patrona de Honduras por el Papa Pío XI en 1925, y su festividad se fijó el 3 de febrero. El actual santuario de Nuestra Señora de Suyapa se encuentra en una zona humilde de la ciudad y cuenta con una gran cantidad de espacio para dar cabida a la multitud de peregrinos que visitan el santuario durante todo el año. Muchos miles de personas de toda Centroamérica peregrinan para visitar la imagen.

La Virgen de Suyapa is the Patroness of Honduras, and her story began on a Saturday in February of 1747. It is told that a local peasant, Alejandro Colindres, was on his way back to the village of Suyapa after a long day of gathering corn. As night fell, he decided to spend the night near a ravine. When he laid down on the ground, he felt a hard object under him and tossed it far away.  Upon lying down again, however, he found that the object had returned.  He placed it into his bag and discovered, in the morning, that the object that had returned to him was not a stone, but rather a small carved image of Our Lady.
 
The Virgin of Suyapa was declared the Patroness of Honduras by Pope Pius XI in 1925, and her feast day was set as February 3. The current sanctuary of Our Lady of Suyapa is in a humble part of the city and has a large amount of space to allow for the multitude of pilgrims who visit the shrine throughout the year. Many thousands of people from all over Central America make pilgrimages to visit the statue.