Mission trip to Ghana!

Willmar, MN - A June mission trip to Ghana, West Africa by parishioners from the Church of St. Mary in Willmar is being planned. Departure date is June 8. This trip is open to anyone with an interest in helping deliver computers, school supplies, office furniture and equipment, medical supplies, and used clothing to schools in the Diocese of Takoradi-Sekondi. Ghana is a poor, but stable, english speaking country with a constitutional democracy and was formerly a British colony, the Gold Coast.

To date, these item, packed in a 40 foot steel container weighing approximately 30,000 lbs, are on their way to Ghana via Montreal and the St. Lawrence Seaway scheduled to arrive at its destination April 15. For further information about the trip, contact Doug Wilkowske, Faith Formation Coordinator at St. Mary’s, Willmar, (320) 235-3982, ext. 111.