SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
A small 32 island south Caribbean country off the coast of Venezuela, South America
The Catholic Diocese of Kingstown embraces the whole country of SVG.
After I retired, I volunteered to be a Caribbean missionary in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. While most of the work I did was done on the main island of St. Vincent, we did some work on some of the outer islands of Bequia, Canouan, Mayreau and Union. A recent volcano destroyed a lot of the work we did on St. Vincent. The recent Hurricane Beryl, did quite a bit of damage throughout the country, but completely destroyed two of the churches and did a tremendous amount of damage to homes and church property on the islands of Union and Mayreau in particular. I posted photos of some of the damage on a recent post, but received these new pictures from the Union island destruction just recently.
The Pre-Hurricane Beryl St. Joseph Church and Rectory on Union Island
(see above map)
(Below) The new roof we put on St. Joseph Retreat House, just up the hill from the church,
just a couple of years ago was totally ripped off along with other damage to its structure.
The Pre-Hurricane Beryl Immaculate Conception Church on Mayreau Island (see above map)
While much of the renovation we did to the church and surrounding property was destroyed, 50 people's lives were saved when they huddled in the one surviving room where the priest lived.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Hurricane Beryl was only the first hurricane of this season! Please pray that they will be spared any more hurricanes this year and in the future!
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