Cuaresma 4 – Año C March 14, 2010    Tercer Domingo de Cuaresma March 7, 2010    Sermon Primer Domingo De La Cuaresma February 21, 2010 Ultimo Domingo de Epifana February 14, 2010 Epifania Quinta February 7, 2010  Tercer Domingo de la Epifania January 24, 2010    Sermon dos – Epifania January 17, 2010    Sermon De la Epifana January 10 2010 .   Cuarto Domingo De Adviento December 20, 2009    Cristo Rey November 22, 2009 . Sermon – Propio 28 November 15, 2009 . Spanish Sermons by The Rev. Rosalie Richards   THREE SISTERS: TELLING COURAGE    My Dear Sisters of Michoacán:    Your words and courage have stayed with me for three months. I cannot forget you nor do I want to. I was in your company for only 20 or 30 minutes but your troubling story pulls my conscience like a voice calling in the night.   So I am gathering my thoughts and impressions of that day in Nogales, Mexico at Grupos Beta. I will be as accurate as memory allows. Forgive me if I stray from the facts or forget an important truth. I offer the following account with love and respect and with the hope that others might learn from you as we did.    [...]  Read more... ESL Classes are available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays   NO MAS MUERTES (No More Deaths) Hospitality Station Nogales, Mexico  2009 In 2008, along with 10 others, Deborah and I participated in an inten-  sive educational experience organized by BORDERLINKS (See their  Web site - www.borderlinks.org), which is a bi-national non-profit,  based in Tucson, AZ and Nogales, Mexico. The name of our  delegation program was “Immigration and the Criminal Justice  System”. Over the course of six days, we had revealing interviews and  meetings with people who work and live on both side of the  Mexican/US border. We traveled to Nogales, US and then spent 2  days in Nogales, Mexico. We went to 3 American detention centers  and prisons, including the “Tent City” run by Maricopa County’s  (includes Phoenix) Sheriff Arpaio. We met the Director of the Arizona  ACLU, and many other impressive individuals committed to  compassionate justice and reform of an immigration policy that inflicts  much needless pain and misery and costs billions to operate.  The Delegation was extremely well organized and led by Ben  Harville. Ben was ably assisted by Ivan Anguamea, a Borderlinks  volunteer who lives in Nogales, Mexico. Our group consisted of  individuals from all parts of the country and ranged in age from 19 to  70. Traveling a lot in a tightly packed van, sharing meals on the road  and at Borderlinks Headquarters, reflecting on our impressions and  struggling with a variety of sobering experiences during the week,  sleeping on the floor of a Methodist Church, walking in the mid-day  heat on a trail currently in use by migrants crossing the border… we  grew close as a group.  Below, you will find a link to a detailed itinerary. If you are interested, I  believe you will find it well worth reading. Following the itinerary, there  are photos of the Delegation that correspond generally with the daily  schedule and will give you some sense of this amazing week.   Borderlinks Delegation Borderlink Itinerary For more information about Borderlinks programs visit Borderlinks.org Immigration Part I Immigration Part II Immigration Part III Immigration Part IV Rev. Carter’s reflections on the Borderlinks delegation program on “Immigration and the Criminal Justice System” and his time in the area are to be found in the four links below. For a gallery of photos from John and Deborah’s trip in 2008, click HERE © St. John’s Episcopal Church An Episcopal, Spanish language radio program airs Sunday evenings at 8 p.m. on WCUM 1450 AM (Radio Cumbre) in Bridgeport; online at www.radiocumbre.am/portal. Hosts are the Rev. Jose Diaz and Marjorie Santiago of San Lucas y San Pablo, Bridgeport y Iglesia Betania, Norwalk. To see a full gallery of photos of this festive event, click HERE