Adventures to Mazan

 During the months of May and June of this year a group of individuals from the 
 area, under the leadership of Sue O'Riley spent a couple of weeks in Mazan. 
 Sue has been visiting oppressed areas in Central and South America for seven 
years. She normally is accompanied by high school and college students. These 
are not vacation trips but rather she is carrying on a project that she started a 
few years ago - The Rural Literacy Project.               

Through this work she introduces the people of remote areas to the wonders of 
reading and has started and supplied libraries in several communities. Her work 
goes beyond libraries by interaction with the youth and offering short courses in 
reading and other subjects of interest. 

This work has taken her to such places as Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Peru. 
Her trips to Peru were prompted by discussions with parishioners of Saints Patrick 
and Raphael Parish concerning the sister parish of Santa Rosa, which she has 
visited on three occasions. 

During this recent visit she and her companions taught reading groups, chess, 
and helped in the serving of the sick and elderly. They also brought along on 
the trip many sewing and school supplies for the children and women of the 
parish there to use.

Sue was kind enough to provide us with a few pictures taken while there. The 
pictures of the missionaries are the only ones that we have. Some pertinent 
photos follow:

L-R: Meghan Barry, Braintree, MA; Henry Sauve, Williamstown; Raina Milne, Clarksburg;Zenia; Dominick; Giovanna; Jaineth; Lauren Quinn; Richy Doucette, Southboro,MA; Sue O'Riley
Giovanna singing with Teens	Shall we dance
Sue with Reading group
Sue heading upriver                        L-R: Sue, Daughter, Dominick

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