Parish twinning program theresa patterson

She accompanies first-time groups on their visits to Haiti. Theresa also has many other responsibilities, and she gives enormous amounts of her time to help the poor in Haiti. He assists the Executive Director in all needed matters, including filling in for her when she must be in Haiti. Gary answers numerous emails, phone calls and other communications about our Latin parish twinnings.

Like Theresa, he also does problem-solving, planning, and advising to those in their sister-parish relationships and mission teams, and he tries to find new twinnings. Theresa Patterson, current Executive Director of the Program, first learned of the needs of the Haitian people in when Harry and his wife Alice made an appeal for support at St.

As a result Theresa joined forces with him and accompanied him on a visit to Haiti. It was during that visit that she and Harry talked about the possibilities of parish outreach with Haiti.

If interested, you will receive a brochure on the Program. If further information is needed, arrangements can be made for a representative of the Program to give a presentation to the parish council, social action committee, or parish. Once the decision sending funds to your twin parish is made, information on a specific twin parish is sent to you. This sister parish has been determined by PTPA and is based upon need and other factors.

Included with this information is a resource notebook which provides much information such as establishing communication, sending funds to Haiti, ideas for facilitating relationships and fundraising, examples of successful twinnings, travel, sea container shipments, etc.

Your sister parish will be informed of your intention to twin with their parish, and your contact information will be given to them as well. There is not a contract or a written commitment for a twin parish relationship; instead, it is voluntary. There is no commitment to a specific amount of funds that you might wish to send. Whatever a parish can give, regardless of how much or how little, is of immense help. Visits to the sister parish are strongly encouraged.

These trips to visit your sister parish, the pastor and the community can be a great joy, an adventure and an extraordinary learning experience.