Supporting our Companions in Ministry

Funds from St. David’s outreach grants, The Gift Shop & Art Gallery, and World Gifts have helped support the following:

• Construction materials and labor costs for the big projects at Santiago, Santa Cruz, San Bartolomé, and Morelia.

• Christian education materials

• Painting and staining walls doors and windows at Santiago and San Bartolomé.

• Annual aid to children in both parishes to help pay for school expenses. We have provided funds to partially defray expenses for up to 150 children for such things as tuition, books and supplies, uniforms, and transportation.

• Contributions to the Bishop’s discretionary fund.

• Travel expenses for visits of Guatemalan clergy, family members, and parishioners to St. David’s.

• Donations of clothing, toothbrushes, eyeglasses, and school supplies brought during the Habitat for Humanity work trips (bi-annually from 2006 to 2012).

• Purchasing cars for Padre Miguel, Padre Tomas, Sr., and Padre Tomas, Jr. Each priest is responsible for two parishes, and having a car makes traveling between them much easier.

• Purchasing furniture and equipment for all four parishes. These purchases have included pews and other furnishings for worship spaces, appliances, musical instruments, A-V equipment, prayer books, and vestments.

In 2020 and 2021, special outreach grants provided funding for various relief efforts due to the COVID-19 pandemic and back-to-back Hurricanes Eta and Iota. Funds were used to purchase and transport food, clothing, cleaning and sanitizing supplies, and material and training for making face masks and Days for Girls kits.