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Parishes welcome mission priest on September 6-7
By our baptism, we are all called to be disciples and evangelists. Each year at this time, a mission priest reminds us that, through our prayerful support and financial resources, we can ensure the message of Jesus Christ is carried to nations filled with conflict.At all Masses on September 6 and 7, 2025, Father Terence Kersch, CSB, will share the mission efforts in Mexico and Colombia of The Basilian Fathers Missions.
The Basilian Fathers Missions is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded by the Congregation of St. Basil (Basilian Fathers) serving underprivileged communities in Mexico and Colombia through education and Catholic evangelization.
Our apostolate is founded on the Basilian principles of goodness, discipline, and knowledge. These values have guided the cause of the Basilian Fathers Missions since the 1930s when Basilian priests first began ministering to migrant workers south and west of Houston, Texas.
In 1961, the Basilian Fathers Missions expanded into Mexico and began a process of taking over at poor parishes, building them up, and giving them over to the local diocese for continued ministry. There is one parish where we have continued working for almost forty years: San Lorenzo (Saint Lawrence) in Tehuacán. We first started serving at San Lorenzo when it was a chapel of Divino Salvador in 1978. In 1987, it became a parish, and the Basilian Fathers were entrusted with it. We have served there ever since.
For more information about The Basilian Fathers Missions and its work, visit https://www.basilianfathersmissions.org/
Posted August 28, 2025