Dear Friends,
May the grace and peace of the
Holy Spirit be with us forever!
There is a beautiful story about the early Christian martyr, Saint Lawrence. When the Roman governor asked him to hand over the Church's treasury to the state, he asked for one day's time. Then he lined up all the ragged, sick and poor of the city, displayed them to the governor and told him that these were the treasures of the Church.
They still are! Taking our cue from Saint Lawrence, we recognize that our greatest treasure is the myriad of people God has called us to serve - the poor and the forgotten, the young and the old, the refugee and the immigrant, the imprisoned and the infirm.
We have been blessed with a special calling to serve God's poor and abandoned people in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Colombia. And we have been richly blessed indeed with devoted friends and benefactors who generously support our missionary work. In a very real sense, these men and women who make our work possible are partners in our missionary work right along with our priests and Brothers. We are privileged to count them among our treasures, too, for without them we would not be able to carry out our special calling.
And our benefactors are following the biblical admonition - "Where your heart is, there your treasure will be also." Out of their generous hearts, they have made these people we serve their treasure as well. Together with our partners in mission, then, let us celebrate the "treasures of our lives."
If you are already a partner with us, thank you! And if you are just learning about Trinity Missions, I invite you to join us in our missionary work in whatever way you can. I close with the promise of a special remembrance in my daily Masses and prayers. May God bless you!

Gratefully,
In the Most Holy Trinity,

Father Domingo, S.T.