As Mexican sisters depart, Hispanic ministry expands

From The Superior Catholic Herald...

The departure of the Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Therese after five years of ministering to Hispanic and Latino communities in Barron and Rusk County marks a shift, not an ending. As part of Catholic Extension’s Latin American Sisters Exchange Program, the Diocese of Superior has plans in place to build on the Hispanic ministry work begun.

The diocese was notified in March 2019 that it had been awarded one of the multimillion-dollar grants, offered by Catholic Extension in partnership with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Alongside the ministry offered to Spanish-speakers in the region, the grant included education and training for the sisters that would benefit their religious orders upon completion of the program.

A Mass of farewell and celebration was held for the Mexican nuns at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Cameron on Sunday, June 23, at 4 p.m. Fr. Chandra Ery, sacramental minister for the Barron cluster, presided with Fr. Ed Anderson and Fr. Balaraju Policetty, who was ministering to the cluster when the sisters arrived.

The three nuns, Sr. Martina Cabrera, Sr. Gabriela Martinez and Sr. Gabriela Luna, have been living in the rectory building at Chetek’s St. Boniface Catholic Church, working with Spanish-speakers in the Ladysmith, Rice Lake, Barron and Cumberland areas.

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