Encountering Joy
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In the spring of 2013, two Catholic parishes decided to form a novel partnership, one based on solidarity and focused on facilitating an encounter with God in community through service. Think about that. It bears repeating: An encounter with God in community through service. Our Lady Star of the Sea (OLSS) is a materially wealthy parish located in the prosperous community of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. San Antonio de Padua (Guerra) is a materially poor parish located in the struggling rural community of San Antonio de Guerra in the Dominican Republic. Their partnership is called the Sister Parish Ministry (Sister Parish).The parish of San Antonio de Padua is located in the center of the agri-business municipality of Guerra, which has a population of more than 100,000. Surrounding Guerra are some 28 bateyes and campos. Bateyes are villages that began as migrant labor camps for sugar cane workers brought into the Dominican Republic from Haiti over the last century. Campos are very similar to bateyes but have primarily Dominican residents. It was agreed at the outset that Sister Parish would serve both campos and bateyes. The partnership envisioned by OLSS and its sister parish is a dynamic entity. It is based on connections between and among people; on relationships, not on resources. The primary purpose of Sister Parish is to remove the obstacles that prevent spiritual encounters. The encounters that might result can be deep, highly personal experiences involving the individual and God. Or, they can be encounters with the Christ in each other, something we call an “encounter in community.” We determined early on that the best way to facilitate encounters in community is through service.The residents of both the campos and the bateyes of our partner parish are truly among the poorest of the world's poor. The primary service purpose of the partnership established by the Sister Parish Ministry is to radically change this s
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