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Responding to a need for early childhood education, Sister Immaculata and Sister Marie started Our Lady of the Highway Preschool near Novillero, Guatemala, in 2002. While recently visiting the Guatemala Mission in Solola, my children, my parents and I observed one session of the tuition-free preschool which serves about 15 children, children who otherwise could not afford preschool.

Thanks to funds sent from the people of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane and the hard work of many people in Ixtahuacan, phase one stabilization of the religious education building in the parish of Santa Catarina in Ixtahuacan has been completed. Father Manuel Nicasio and the catechists of the church send their sincere gratitude and ask God to bless all benefactors.

As a blessed parish of the Spokane Diocese, we have been able to meet many needs of the Diocese of Solola, Guatemala. The mission of the Guatemala Mission Committee of Our Lady of Fatima Parish (GMC) is education of the indigenous Mayan people.

What can we do to enable and encourage natives of Guatemala to live healthy, fulfilled and spiritual lives in their communities in the Guatemala Highlands? St. Joseph Parish, Colbert has found that supporting our diocesan missionary efforts in Guatemala is one answer: helping those in most need.