More pictures from El Salvador, and some pictures from our New Parishoner Welcome Picnic!

I don't have time to write much, but here's some links to pictures from  El Salvador, the second half of my Central American journey, as well as from our New Parishioner Welcome Picnic.  I was VERY happy with the great turn-out on a busy summer evening.

Libby and I cross machetes at the weekly cattle fair.

El Salvador 2010

Merry-go-round Ministry

Pictures of New Parishioner Welcome Picnic


I hope you enjoy the pictures!

God Bless,

Fr. Ben

Greetings from Central America!

It has been a good first week here in Nicaragua, very early tomorrow I head to El Salvador with my sister Libby, and her friend and fellow Peace Corps Volunteer, Adam.

Some pictures are up at Facebook... you don´t need an account to view them with this link!

Here also are pictures of the students in Libby´s village who received scholarships via St. Michael´s Christian Service Committee.  The days are just packed, so Libby will distribute the dresses when she gets back in early August.

We had Mass three successive days in Libby´s village at three chapels: San Francisco, Cristo Rey, and Nuestra Señora de Perpetua Socorro.  Each day I heard 2-3 hours of confessions  before Mass! Many graces, but exhausting.  We went to visit the sick, too.

We went to a wedding for her fellow volunteer, Molly, and we went to see a big canyon today!

See you back at St. Michael´s in a week!

God Bless,
Fr. Ben Hasse

Central America, here I come!

This coming Monday, I'll be headed south for a visit to Central America.  I'll go to Nicaragua, where my youngest sister Libby is serving in the Peace Corps, with an abundant supply of little dresses and britches made by folks here at St. Michael Parish, with the coordination and leadership of the Christian  Service Committee!

After a week in Nicaragua, Libby and I will travel through Honduras to El Salvador, where I served in the Peace Corps from 2001 - 2004.  We'll spend most of our time in Canton San Luis, Nueva Guadalupe, in the deparment of San Miguel.  It will be VERY good to see my friends there.

To give you a little taste of what I'll be doing and seeing, here are links to pictures from my trip down there last  year immediately after my ordination:

Pictures on Facebook (no need to have an account there)

Pictures on Picasaweb: El Salvador

Pictures on Picasaweb: Nicaragua 

I hope to share pictures of this years trip when I return!

God Bless,
Fr. Ben