Haiti Project Receives Award
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| Representatives of the Parish partnership program accepting the award from Bishop Denis Madden. |
On March 5, 2011, at the 32nd Annual Archdiocesan Social Ministry Convocation,
the Parish Partnership Program of the Missions Office received the International Peace and Justice Award.
This award, presented annually, honors an individual or group who is dedicated to international peace and development. This
year, the award was given to the 18 parishes of the Archdiocese of Baltimore that participate in a partnership with parishes
in the Diocese of Gonaives, Haiti. They all share in this honor and hope to expand the program so that all 36 parishes in
the Diocese of Gonaives may find a partner parish in our Archdiocese. The Missions Office thanks and congratulates each of
the following parishes for their support and witness. The parishes recognized for their participation are:
-St.
Agnes, Catonsville
-St. Ann, Hagerstown
-St. Anthony Shrine/Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Thurmont
-Cathedral of
Mary Our Queen, Baltimore
-St. Clare, Essex
-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton
-St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon
-St. Francis Xavier, Hunt Valley
-Holy Trinity, Glen Burnie
-St. Ignatius Loyola, Ijamsville
-St. Isaac Jogues,
Carney
-St. John the Evangelist, Hydes
-St. Joseph, Odenton
-Church of the Nativity, Timonium
-Our
Lady of Perpetual Help, Edgewater
-Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ellicott City
-Ss. Peter and Paul,
Cumberland
-St. Timothy, Walkersville
