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Community Immaculate Conception
Saint Francis Xavier Parish
Charity-Essequibo-Pomeroon
Guyana (South America)
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Guyana
The mission in Guyana began on January 23, 2007 to assist the IVE priests living in Charity, Guyana in St. Francis Xavier Parish. The Parish boundaries include 9 communities along the Essequibo Coast and the Pomeroon River.
Communities in our parish boundaries:
Christ the King in Suddie
Our Lady of Peace in Queenstown
St. Francis of Assisi in Lima Sands
St. Joseph in Henrietta
St. Theresa in Arapiako
St. Loius the King in Siriki
Our Lady of Sorrows in Marlborough
St. John the Evangelist in St. John’s
St. Francis Xavier in Charity
Apostolates
The apostolate of the sisters includes:
Catechism instruction
Visiting homes and hospitals
Sacristy and parish work
Assisting with spiritual exercises for lay women
Youth Groups
Girls Group
First Friday Holy Communion to the Sick
Weekly Oratory
Summer camps
Popular missions
Organizing lay volunteers
Our Patroness | Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception speaks to us of the promise of redemption made to Mary at “the first instant of her conception in the womb of her mother Saint Anne.” By the power of Christ’s redeeming death, God preserved Mary before hand from all stain of sin, in order that she could be a worthy Mother of the Word Made Flesh, Jesus Christ. Our Lady in her Immaculate Conception is thus a sign for us of expectation, and of fulfillment. As the Lord “has done great things” for her, so do we trust and believe that He will do great things for us!
In an apparition to St. Catherine Laboure in 1830, Mary asked the young nun to produce the Miraculous Medal honoring the Immaculate Conception. This dogma was proclaimed when Pope Pius IX promulgated Ineffabilis Deus in 1854. Four years later Mary appeared to the uneducated and sickly youth, St. Bernadette Soubirous, at Lourdes. When Bernadette asked the Virgin Mary on March 25, 1858, to identify herself, Mary replied, “I am the Immaculate Conception.”
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in celebrated December 8th.
