{"id":1015,"date":"2012-10-23T12:49:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T12:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.220.215.242\/~standrf3\/risen\/?page_id=1015"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:24:05","slug":"our-lady-of-perpetual-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-province\/our-lady-of-perpetual-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady of Perpetual Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our community is serving in the Diocese of Paramaribo<\/a><\/p>

\"\"Our mission in Suriname started on November 13, 2010, together with the celebration of the re-opening of the cathedral that was closed for nearly 22 years.<\/p>

Suriname is situated between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The southern border is shared with Brazil and the northern border is the\u00a0Atlantic\u00a0coast. With only 165,000 square kilometers, it is the smallest sovereign country in South America. Suriname is a former Dutch colony that gained its independence peacefully on November 25, 1975.
Lying\u00a02\u00a0to\u00a05 degrees north\u00a0of the\u00a0equator, Suriname has a very hot and wet\u00a0tropical climate, and temperatures do not vary much throughout the year. Its average temperature ranges from 29 to 34 degrees Celsius (84 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit). Due to the high humidity, actual temperatures are distorted and may therefore feel up to 6 degrees Celsius (11 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than the recorded temperature. The year has two\u00a0wet seasons, from April to August and from November to February. It also has two\u00a0dry seasons, from August to November and February to April.<\/p>

Suriname’s religious makeup is heterogeneous and reflective of the country’s multicultural character. According to the 2012 census, 48.4% were Christians;\u00a026.7% were\u00a0Protestants\u00a0(11.18%\u00a0Pentecostal, 11.16%\u00a0Moravian, and 4.4% of various other Protestant denominations)<\/em> and 21.6% were\u00a0Roman Catholics.\u00a0Hindus\u00a0formed the second-largest religious group in Suriname, comprising 22.3% of the population. Muslims\u00a0constitute 13.9% of the population; they are largely of Javanese or Indian descent.\u00a0Other religious groups include\u00a0Winti\u00a0(1.8%),\u00a0an\u00a0Afro-American religion\u00a0practiced mostly by those of Maroon ancestry;\u00a0Javanism\u00a0(0.8%),\u00a0a syncretic faith found among some Javanese Surinamese; and various indigenous folk traditions that are often incorporated into one of the larger religions (usually Christianity).<\/p>

Dutch\u00a0is the official language, and is the language of education, government, business, and the media.\u00a0Over 60% of the population speaks Dutch as a\u00a0mother tongue,\u00a0and most of the rest speaks it as a second language. Suriname is the only Dutch-speaking country in South America as well as the only independent nation in the Americas where Dutch is spoken by a majority of the population, and one of the two non-Romance-speaking countries in South America, the other being English-speaking\u00a0Guyana.<\/p>

Sranan Tongo, a local\u00a0creole language\u00a0originally spoken by the\u00a0Creole\u00a0population group, is the most widely used\u00a0vernacular language\u00a0in day-to-day life and business. It and Dutch are considered to be the two principal languages of Surinamese people; both are further influenced by other spoken languages. Sranan Tongo is often used interchangeably with Dutch depending on the formality of the setting, where Dutch is seen as a\u00a0prestige dialect\u00a0and Sranan Tongo the common\u00a0vernacular.<\/p>

The population of Suriname is about 520,000. The national capital, Paramaribo, is by far the dominant urban area, accounting for nearly half of Suriname’s population and most of its urban residents; its population is greater than the next nine largest cities combined. Most municipalities are located within the capital’s metropolitan area, or along the densely populated coastline.<\/p>

In 1865 the Redemptorist accepted the responsibilities from the Holy See of the Catholic Mission in Suriname. They laid the foundation of what would later be the Diocese of Paramaribo with the opening of schools, dorms, churches and mission posts in the interior of the country.
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Care of the girls in Maria Internaat<\/em> (a girls dormitory)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

Camps for boys and girls<\/strong><\/p>

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\"\"This title of Our Lady has been invoked for special aid since the 15th century alongside veneration of this image. Devotion spread among Roman Catholics through the Redemptorist priests, the same order that cultivated a strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin in Suriname. The feast day of the image is celebrated on June 27.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(+597) 420513 c.nsperpetuosocorro@servidoras.org Community Our Lady of Perpetual HelpHenck Arronstraat 74Paramaribo, Suriname Paramaribo, Suriname Our community is serving in the Diocese of Paramaribo Our mission in Suriname started on November 13, 2010, together with the celebration of the re-opening of the cathedral that was closed for nearly 22 years. Suriname is situated between French Guiana… <\/p>\n

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