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St. Ann Parish
2900 Galbraith Rd
Cincinnati OH 45239
513-521-8440 |
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Twinning Contact: |
Pedro
Barra
(Se Habla Espanol)
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Parish Twinning Website:
www.saintannparish.org/christianoutreach/COLrdHpe.htm |
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Twinning Partner: Senior
de la Esperanza
Canto Grande
Lima Peru |
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Twinning Mission:
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To expand the definition of our "Parish
Family" to include both St. Ann Parish and Lord of Hope Parish in
the hearts and souls of all parishioners in Cincinnati and Canto
Grande |
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Benefits of the
Relationship:
- Acceptance and appreciation that we are bound to one Faith
even though our life experiences are different and that Twinning
is an actual practice of the universal Church
- Learning to go beyond our comfort zones
- Forming lasting personal relationships with people from other
cultures
- Providing an educational experience for our school staff and
students
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Challenges:
- Building parish wide awareness, involvement and support
- Bringing our parish from a charity base to a solidarity based
relationship
- Overcoming communication and cultural barriers
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Tips to Building a
Healthy Relationship:
- The goal is a relationship of sharing and caring between
brothers and sisters
- Focus on people - try not to be overcome by poverty and
material differences
- Search for commonality - build on faith, prayer, love, caring,
common interests ect.
- Be open to different cultures, values, approaches, paces of
life - focus on learning and listening and prayerful reflection
- Tune out/ tone down the tendency to take charge as well as the
tendency to focus on our wealth, power, etc.
- Avoid doing/ saying anything that adversely affects the
self-image, self confidence of anyone or that creates or
reinforces dependence
- HUMILITY HELPS!
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