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Generous Gift Leads to Big Smiles
The Diocesan mission in Bánica is a very remote, rural area of the Dominican Republic. Dental visits are a rarity. This changed recently last spring when the mission in Bánica was blessed with a generous donation from Hope for a Healthier Humanity. The grant was to be used to create a dental program for the […]
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Finding where you should be
Some of you may remember Jeidy Luperon. She was given a scholarship by the Diocese of Arlington to attend Marymount University. Many generous donors helped make her dream of becoming a teacher a reality. Jeidy grew up in Bánica, in the Dominican Republic, where our Diocesan mission is located. She began attending college there but […]
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El Baniquero Fall Edition
A Reflection on the Year Dear Friends and Supporters of the Mission, In June of last year when I was preparing to come to Bánica, a close friend of mine gave me anicon of Jesus as the “Good Samaritan.” I did not understand when he gave me this icon how my life as a priest […]
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One Soul at a Time
Enjoy this simple video that encapsulates the essence of the Bánica Mission!
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To The Heights!
By Rev. Jason Weber In February I will be leading 52 young men up the highest peak in the Caribbean from Feb. 7 to Feb. 10. I am very grateful to those who have donated to this effort making it possible and making this the most exciting pastoral effort this year. My mom asked me […]
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A Day in the Life of a Missionary Priest
By Rev. Jason Weber The above slide show captures beautifully one of my days not too long ago. On that day, I offered two Masses in different chapels in the surrounding villages and in the evening, I joined a retreat that was being offered in Bánica for some of the young women in the parish. […]
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Crystal Bones
By Fr. Jason Weber One day a priest was visiting a family with 8 children and the priest asked the mother of the family, ‘which of your children do you love the most?’ Without missing a beat, she responded, the one who needs me most. The picture below is the view from Miguelina’s house, Monday […]
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The Haiti Bug
This week the Arlington Mission Office continues the parade of Missionary Essay Contest Winners with the wonderful 2nd Place winner by Julie Schoenman. “Uh-oh,” observed my roommate just two days into my first mission trip, “you have the Haiti bug!” With several mission trips already under her belt and a full year spent teaching in […]
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I Discovered the Reality of Poverty
By Mary Grace Coltharp Today the Arlington Mission Office is proud to kick off the publication of the winners of the first Missionary Essay Contest. We start off with 3rd Place winner, Mary Grace Coltharp, and her wonderful essay on “How My Mission Trip Changed Me” When I think about the defining events in my […]
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