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Natalie Bayci to Receive Honorary Doctorate for Service to the Poor and Leadership in Diocesan Missions Motivated by her deep faith and a personal calling to offer help to the poor, Natalie Timko Bayci has reached out to countless people struggling with poverty in numerous countries around the world as the Coordinator for University Missions for the Peace and Social Justice Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Joliet. Since 2001, Mrs. Bayci has organized and completed nearly thirty mission trips. She and her mission teams, including numerous students and other members of the Lewis University community, have served the very poorest of people, by educating orphans, caring for disabled children, building homes for people who are homeless, assisting at daycare centers, and raising money for food and medicines. read more
Medical Supplies Needed! This notice is especially for our medical missioners, but if you have a contact with a hospital or medical supply company you can help as well. Below you will find a list of much needed medical supplies, along with a letter of introduction. Please present these to whomever you think might be of assistance to us in procuring these lifesaving resources. For your convinience you may download in pdf format the Letter of Introduction and the Supply List for printing. Thank you for helping!
Navajo mission work put faith in action For Janet and Larry Lissak of Lombard—both of whom are recently retired from corporate jobs; she was a receptionist and he was a computer programmer—months of preparation time is spent in anticipation of a 14-day annual mission trip. No, it’s not to a far-flung place on the continent of Africa or some place in the desolate mountains of Afghanistan. Their destination along with 15 or so like-minded volunteers who work under the auspices of the Diocese of Joliet’s Peace and Justice Office is to a barren, empty valley that stretches out from beyond the Painted Desert in northeast Arizona. The Catholic Construction Corps (CCC) volunteers are dubbed "missioners," because they are actively living out the mission to assist the poor as directed in the Gospel message. For the past 10 years, the couple has journeyed to the region and now focus their attention on those who are associated with either the St. Michael Indian School, near the town of Window Rock, or Our lady of Fatima Parish in the community of Chinle, Ariz. The parish and school are Catholic-run organizations led by Franciscan Father Blane Grein. He's the sole priest for a 45-mile radius that includes three parishes and two mission churches, which means that they're not quite big enough or financially stable for parish status. read more
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The Partnership In Mission is comprised of several ministries providing opportunities in short term mission for people of all ages and a variety of talents and gifts. |
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