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People living around Tijuana, Mexico are grappling with an unprecedented influx of migrants. The number of Central American migrants now at the shelter is estimated at 6,000. Fr Jesse Esqueda, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate (OMI) ...

During this migrant crisis in Tijuana, there are a total of six Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate attempting to respond to the thousands of desperately poor as best they can ...

This Advent, Our Lady of Lourdes will be doing a prayer exchange with families from our sister parish of La Morita, Tijuana. You can sign up to participate (either as an individual or as a family) by filling out a short form with your name and a few prayer intentions. We will match you with a family in Tijuana and will email you their names and intentions so that you can each pray for each other during Advent. If you would like to participate, please fill out the paper form in the back of the church or the online form, using this link: https://tinyurl.com/AdvPray. The deadline to participate is November 28.

Father Lucio will be with us for the Masses the weekend of August 18th and 19th. He will share more about the important work being done by the Oblates in this mission in Tijuana. A second collection will be taken at these Masses for the mission. Following the 11 am Mass, Father Lucio and some of the young leaders in his team will be joining everyone at the parish picnic at Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Northeast Minneapolis. Everyone is welcome!

Lourdes Justice and Charity team member Heidi Gibson was part of a mission trip to the Oblate Mission in October of 2017. She shared her thoughts and impressions in this article.