Missionaries among the Migrants...

I was delighted to hear that seminarians Paul Born and Dan Zinger joined Father Americo Santos this past week for a mission trip to Saint Ann’s Mission in Homestead, Florida, forty-five minutes south of Miami. Saint Ann’s Mission was established to care for the pastoral needs of migrant workers on the local farms and plant nurseries.

The pastor of St Ann’s, Father Rafael Cos, happily received them for a week of Masses, Stations of the Cross, Adoration, Lenten reflections and meetings with the wonderful people of the mission.

Paul writes: “During the day when we were not preparing our evening talks we had the opportunity to visit some nurseries where parishioners of Saint Ann’s Mission work. It was such a privilege for us to make these visits and speak to the workers. They especially were grateful for Father Americo when he would give them a blessing. We also got to ride through the Everglades in a fan boat and see some alligators!”

Look closely...those are alligators!