Sister Parish - San Fransciso de Asís
 
In April, 2009, St. Mary Parish adopted San Francisco de Asis. In April, 2009, St. Mary Parish adopted San Francisco de Asís Parish as its "sister parish." Taking a "sister parish" is sometimes called "twinning." In this arrangement, the members of both parishes pray for each other. In addition, the American parish takes up a second collection once or twice a year to help financially. The non-American parish welcomes lay missionaries from the American parish to give the American missionaries a taste of Church life in other parts of the world.

San Francisco de Asís Parish is located in the mountains of Honduras in the District (which is like a state) of Francisco Morazan, the same district where the capital of Honduras-Tegucigalpa-is located.

Unlike our parish that only has 1 church in one location, San Francisco de Asís Parish has 72 churches and chapels. Some of the churches can only be gotten to by burro, and many of the roads are extremely treacherous. There is only one priest to serve these 72 churches, Padre Ivis Ordóñez, who is 37 years old and has been ordained for only one year!

Guided by the Holy Spirit, St. Mary Parish hopes to help this parish in many ways, such as helping build a clinic for the people. At the same time, we believe our contact with our Honduran brothers and sisters will inflame our own hearts and parish with renewed enthusiasm for the missionary mandate that Jesus Christ taught us.