Welcome

How did we get here?

While spending a hot summer week in Juarez a few years ago building homes in a barrio there, we were approached by the gentle people who live and die in the slums there.  We were asked several times,

“What do you do in the U.S.?”

“We work as accountants and teachers and doctors, and some of us teach Scripture in the Catholic Biblical School. “

Oh how they loved to hear this, and then they asked,

“Why won’t you come back and teach us about the Bible?”

And so this project was born. 

The St. Jerome Mission will be a catechetical center in the San Carlos Barromeo Parish in the Diocese of Juarez, under the direction of Fr. David Guevara. This Center will provide a safe place for parish sacramental events—weddings, baptisms, quinceneras—in the middle of one of the poorest areas of Mexico.  It will also be a center for Adult Religious Education, especially the study of the Scriptures for those most in need of the great comfort to be found there.

We are at the half-way mark in the construction of the Center.  This beautiful building will be a place of hope and faith for those who struggle to find hope in these dark times for the city.

The building features a Parish Center which will provide a space for the community to gather for scripture studies, congregate for community events, and support anyone in need.  A rectory will be provided for Fr. David who so generously sacrificed his home and land so the center could be built.  Dormitories will be built to provide accommodations to visiting volunteers working in Juarez.  Parking will be built underneath the parish center to provide a safe place for workers and visitors while visiting the center.

We have already provided $100,000 towards the construction, and we need another $150,000 for its completion.  Click HERE to see how your donation has made a difference in The St. Jerome Mission.