Guerrini began the walk at 5:30am and hoped to be in Harlingen by 4pm but he arrived a few hours earlier than that.

The run/walk event was part of an event the parish is conducting to raise money for the Pacific Regional Seminary in Fiji. So far they have collected about $1,000.

Guerrini said the parish does not have any particular goal in mind as to how much they want to collect.

"Whatever we can raise, we'll send," Guerrini said.

The Queen of Peace parish is located in the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley.

The parish was founded by the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (the Picpus Fathers) in 1967.

Some members of the Congregation are studying for the priesthood at the Pacific Regional Seminary.

Guerrini was a member of the founding Picpus formation community in Fiji when it began in 2015.

He has been at Sacred Heart since February 2016 and will be leaving next month for a new assignment in Tonga.

Guerrini said he wanted to do something meaningful before he went.

He has participated in many races in the past including an ultra marathon that was a 70-mile race through the Appalachian Mountains.

Source

• Valley Morning Star
• Congregation of the Sacred Hearts
• Queen of Peace Church
• Image: Bloximages
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On Sunday 24th of August, the Catholic church in the Cook Islands honoured 2 priests and their 120 years of service. Fr. John Rovers and Fr. Damian Marinus celebrated their 6oth anniversary of ordination. The entire Catholic Community of Rarotonga gathered at St. Joseph's Cathedral for the event. A celebration followed at St. Joseph Elementary Read more

Cook Islands honours 2 priests and 120 years of service... Read more]]> On Sunday 24^th of August, the Catholic church in the Cook Islands honoured 2 priests and their 120 years of service.

Fr. John Rovers and Fr. Damian Marinus celebrated their 6oth anniversary of ordination.

The entire Catholic Community of Rarotonga gathered at St. Joseph's Cathedral for the event.

A celebration followed at St. Joseph Elementary School grounds.

On the actual day of the Jubilee, August 29, They flew to the Island of Ma'uke and celebrated there with the two parishes on that Island.

Fr. John and Fr. Damian were assigned to the Cook Islands at the time of their ordination.

In preparation for their missionary experience, they were sent to London for 4 months and New Zealand for 6 months to learn English.

They arrived in Rarotonga on the Maui Pomare on the 11th November 1957.

They have known each other since school days and are still good friends.

While both come from the south of Holland, other similarities in the two men can also be acknowledged.

Both, for example, have learnt the Maori language well, have participated in the administration of the Diocese, and have worked on the islands of Atiu, Mauke and Rarotonga.

Both also have the ability to encourage Cook Islanders to take responsibility for their church.

Fr John and Fr Damian belong to the The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, commonly known as the Picpus Fathers.

The Picpus Fathers have been working in the Cook Islands since 1894.

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• ssccpicpus.com
• Supplied: Sister Margaret O'Dwyer
• Image: ssccpicpus.com

 

 

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