A picture of the Arch Bishop of Oklahoma and Father Avram during the Mass of the feast day of Saint James. The Mass was held at the Mission in Santiago. After Mass there was a huge celebration and procession. They like to use a lot of incense as you can tell by the photo.
Mackenzie playing with a small Mayan child sitting in front of her in Mass. The child loved Mackenzie's stuffed Kitty named HAPPY.
More incense and not one old lady coughing, go figure.
I'm the handsome one on the left, on the right is what's his name, oh yeah, Father Avram.
The door to the Convent at Santiago.
Sitting outside the door to Father Stan Rother's bedroom where he was murdered in 1981.
The courtyard of mission Santiago.
Liz standing in front of the blood stained wall of Father Stanley Rother's room where he was martyred. At Liz's feet you can still see the hole in the floor from the bullets. Father Stanley Rother, born March 27, 1935, grew up in Okarche, Oklahoma, and was ordained a priest in 1963. Five years later, he received the call to serve in the Oklahoma mission in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. Through the years, Father Rother learned the local Tzutuhil dialect, served the people with devotion, and was deeply loved by the parishioners. Political unrest swept the country in the 1970's and in 1980 four priest were killed in Guatemala. In his Christmas letter of 1980, Father Rother wrote: "The shepard cannot run at the first sign of danger." Nevertheless, as conditions worsened, he came back to Oklahoma. After a short time, despite the danger, he returned to the mission because of his love for the people. On the night of July 28, 1981, three men entered the rectory and shot Father Rother. Father Rother's heart is buried in the church in Guatemala and his body is buried at Holy Trinity Cemetary in Okarche. We now pray the Church will declare him a saint.
A few young girls after Mass in Santiago.
A picture of the Arch Bishop of Oklahoma and Father Avram during the Mass of the feast day of Saint James. The Mass was held at the Mission in Santiago. After Mass there was a huge celebration and procession. They like to use a lot of incense as you can tell by the photo.
Mackenzie playing with a small Mayan child sitting in front of her in Mass. The child loved Mackenzie's stuffed Kitty named HAPPY.
More incense and not one old lady coughing, go figure.
I'm the handsome one on the left, on the right is what's his name, oh yeah, Father Avram.
The door to the Convent at Santiago.
Sitting outside the door to Father Stan Rother's bedroom where he was murdered in 1981.
The courtyard of mission Santiago.
Liz standing in front of the blood stained wall of Father Stanley Rother's room where he was martyred. At Liz's feet you can still see the hole in the floor from the bullets. Father Stanley Rother, born March 27, 1935, grew up in Okarche, Oklahoma, and was ordained a priest in 1963. Five years later, he received the call to serve in the Oklahoma mission in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. Through the years, Father Rother learned the local Tzutuhil dialect, served the people with devotion, and was deeply loved by the parishioners. Political unrest swept the country in the 1970's and in 1980 four priest were killed in Guatemala. In his Christmas letter of 1980, Father Rother wrote: "The shepard cannot run at the first sign of danger." Nevertheless, as conditions worsened, he came back to Oklahoma. After a short time, despite the danger, he returned to the mission because of his love for the people. On the night of July 28, 1981, three men entered the rectory and shot Father Rother. Father Rother's heart is buried in the church in Guatemala and his body is buried at Holy Trinity Cemetary in Okarche. We now pray the Church will declare him a saint.
A few young girls after Mass in Santiago.
1 comment:
I'm going too next time! hehe Don't worry, I'll pay for my flight.That or I'll be your luggage......Or be your valet. Hmm I'll work on those skills! haha
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