General Council visits Jamaica mission

ABOVE ROCKS, JAMAICA (02-27-2007) - Sister Marcia Ternes, FSE and Sister Naomi Zimmermann, FSE welcomed Mother Shaun Vergauwen and the General Council to the newly-established FSE mission in Jamaica, and shared their ministries first-hand in collaboration with the Franciscan Friars. The Councilors accompanied the Sisters and Friars to various activities in the Above Rocks area - the clinic, the nearby school, the blessings of homes in four parishes, and joined the Sisters in prayer and liturgy in their chapel and in the surrounding parishes. "It was an opportunity to become acquainted with our new mission and to meet many of the people the Sisters and Friars serve," said Sister Suzanne Gross. "We felt welcome wherever we went."