Our Lady of Angels Youth Group came in June to serve for two weeks this summer and they were a wonderful group! The chapel which they began to build is fittingly called "Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles."
[Another youth group continued work on this chapel, and at this point it is in need of just a few finishing touches before it is ready for regular use.]
The chapel is now the welcome mat for the Banica/Pedro Santana Mission in the Dominican Republic. When visitors arrive and then make the 5 hour trek from the airport to Banica the very first chapel that they will see on their way here is the chapel of "Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles" in Palital.
The chapel features a beautiful set of Stations of the Cross which the OLA youth painted.
Special thanks are due to Shannon Flanagan (OLA's youth minister) and Luke Schulte (her fiance), who applied their artistic talent to the creation of a 40-foot mural of the life of St. Francis of Assisi. This mural next to the parish church here in Banica will now be a source of inspiration for the 20,000+ pilgrims who come here for the annual fiesta of St. Francis of Assisi in October.
Thank you, Luke and Shannon! May God bless you as you prepare to become one in the sacrament of Holy Matrimony!
