Migrant ministry consoles hospitalized farmers

Volunteers at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish help farm workers access sacraments and doctors

Connie Fabian (left) and another volunteer fold donated clothing for migrant farm workers. She is part of a group that also serves them meals, transports them to Mass, and helps translate in emergency rooms. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

Volunteers in farm worker ministry responded beyond the call of duty when they met a Guatemalan man with a severe eye infection. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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