A Word from Fr. Dinh Votran, A.A.
Development Office Director
Dear friends and supporters near and far,
We live longer, but life seems shorter because we may not have enough time to finish our work or projects. We live more comfortably, but our relationships with others seem more difficult because we are more isolated than before. We have the highest and fastest technology which helps us to control more things, but we seem more stressful and have less meaning in our lives. Being Church in the modern world is never easy. As a member of a community of faith, either lay person or religious, we continue to wrestle with the question: what does the Lord require for each of us who tries to know and understand God’s will for us? The answer is always there and clear from Scriptures: “do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)
The El Paso ministry was born in 2020 when the Assumptionists tried to answer this question. Since then, we have invited you to collaborate with us, so that together we try a new way of being Church. There are many volunteers who have worked with us and experienced firsthand what it means “to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with our God.” We would like to share this good news with you that we have a new volunteer, Julia Hennessy who has arrived in El Paso. We invite you to pray for Julia and her time in El Paso. With joy, we also want to inform you that in the last four months, we raised seven thousand US dollars for the El Paso ministry. We continue to rely on your support, so that this ministry will bear fruit for immigrants and volunteers. Be assured that you and your loved ones are remembered in our daily prayers.
God bless!
A New Volunteer in El Paso
On August 13th, Julia Hennessy left the comfort of home in Boston to volunteer at the St. Francis Xavier Migrant Shelter for the next four months.
You may read about Julia’s powerful experience on her five day road trip along with future updates on our Website.
Julia replaces our longtime AMA Program volunteer, Maria (Leny) Magana Polanco. We thank Leny for her years of service and pray for her as she begins her new life as a religious sister in Mexico!
Assumptionist Shelter Beginnings – Part II
In this new video, the second part of “Bridges of Hope,” local volunteers who helped the Assumptionists establish the shelter talk about their experience working for the church and supporting migrants coming to the United States. Together, let’s continue to uphold our commitment to serve and advocate for those in need, offering them a sanctuary of hope and a pathway to a new beginning.
Thank You for being part of this mission
Your donation will go directly to the migrants to provide them food, clothing, and a hot shower. The migrants thank you for your support.
On the Birthday of the Assumptionists’ founder, Fr. Emmanuel d’Alzon, A.A.,
We wish you a joyous Labor Day weekend.
The Assumptionists