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For more than 50 years Lay Mission-Helpers have served in 36 countries throughout the world.
Today's Lay Mission-Helpers are working as teachers, nurses, bookkeepers and accountants, administrators, pastoral associates,etc., along with Mission Doctors and their families.
The needs continue today, as they did when Msgr. Anthony Browers visited the missions in 1954 and received the requests of Bishops for lay men and women willing to serve the Church and the people of the missions.
To view a brief video on the work of Lay-Mission Helpers, click here.
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CAMEROON
Rachel Sybor, from Baltimore Maryland, is a a recent graduate from Marymount University in Arlington, VA, with a BS in Mathematics and Philosophy. She converted to Catholicism while in college and was very active in Campus Ministry. She is a member of St. Mark Church in Catonsville. Rachel is teaching math at St. Sylvester High School in Sop, Diocese of Kumbo, Cameroon.
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GUATEMALA
Mitch Tolbert is originally from Louisiana, but has lived in Southern California for the past several years. His background is in Electrical Engineering. Mitch is a member of St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish in Redondo Beach, CA. During his first term of service, Mitch served as a pastoral associate in San Luis, Peten, Apostolic Vicariate of Peten, Guatemala, from 2002-2005. Mitch has returned to Guatemala for a second term of service, now serving in San Francisco, Peten. For more information about our work in Guatemala click here.
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MARSHALL ISLANDS
Aaron & Tara Condon, along with their three children, Ocean (7), Cana (4) and Siloam (1), are most recently from Charlotte, NC, but originally from Lynchburg, VA. They are members of Holy Cross Church in Lynchburg. They are serving on Majuro, Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands. Aaron serves as an audio visual technician, making religious educational materials for the outer islands, as well as producing a local Catholic cable television show. Tara serves as a teacher at Queen of Peace High School.
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Kathy Sheppard comes to us from Allentown, PA. She is a member of St. Thomas More Church where she had been very active in the RCIA and several other ministries. While her home base will be the Majuro atoll, Kathy is serving, along with the Maryknoll Sisters, as a pastoral associate to the outer islands. Kathy has two adult children and a granddaughter.
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UGANDA
Jeff & Courtney Caiola, along with their children Ellis (7), Marie (5), and Gabriella (3), are from Chapel Hill, NC. Jeff worked as a co-director of a non profit agency and Courtney is a RN. They are members of St. Thomas More Church. The Caiola's are serving at Karoli Lwanga Hospital as an administrator and nurse, respectively. The hospital is located in Nyakibale, Diocese of Kabale, Uganda.
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Marie McGee comes to us from Higdon, AR. She is a member of St. Albert's Church in Heber Springs. Marie is a nurse and has worked with HIV/AIDS ministry for numerous years. She ise serving as a Nurse at Hope Clinic at St. Francis Hospital in Mutolere, Diocese of Kabale, Uganda.
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Diana Sherrod is from Tustin, CA. She is a member of St. Cecilia Church in Tustin. Diana is the mother of two and the grandmother of three. As a Registered Nurse, Diana serves as a Nurse Tutor at the nursing school at Karoli Lwanga Hospital in Nyakibale, Diocese of Kabale, Uganda. She has created a syllabus for computer classes so that all students will be able to use the computer.
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KENYA
Bud & Sue Ozar, having served for 3 years in American Samoa, are now serving a 2nd term as Lay Mission-Helpers in the Diocese of Meru. Bud, who is retired from the Archdiocese of Detroit, serves as Director of Development for the Diocese of Meru. Sue, a retired school teacher, serves as an English teacher at a school for street boys.
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