The St. Ann Mission in Guatemala has changed its name to reflect our new parish to Guatemala Mission of St. Matthias. All checks and correspondence should be made to "Guatemala Mission of St. Matthias." Thank you for your continued support and know that 100% of your donations go directly to the mission: The children of the Hogar (Home) in Patzun, Guatemala.

From Thursday, June 6th until Thursday, June 13th, 2019, Fr. Francis travelled with nine others on our annual mission trip to Patzan, Guatemala. A special thanks to those who while not accompany us and have supported the mission not only at the time of our trip but throughout the year. 

Thank you for your continued support of the children and the Franciscan nuns of Patzun, Guatemala.

Thank you to everyone who bought Elysian Fields Farms lamb and thank you to everyone who continually supports the mission throughout the year. As always your prayers and support for the children of Patzun are appreciated.

April 8, 2020

Good afternoon to our friends of St. Matthias Parish,

We are sending you a special greeting from the children and the nuns, hoping you are well and protected. Thanks be to God, we and the children are well. There is the sad news that 9 cases have shown up in Patzun in only 3 or 4 days. We are shut in with the children, just us and them. All the workers here at the Center went to their homes more than 2 weeks ago. We also decided to close the hospital since the doctors aren't from here and also returned to their homes. There was only Sister Virginia and the nurses and we were very concerned about them continuing alone. There are already 2 or 3 doctors from here who are infected, those who saw the first cases in their clinics.

We are doing all that we can with the children. Thanks be to God, we have corn, beans, rice and nutritional drink for the kids because there is no market and all the streets leaving Patzun even to the outlying villages are closed.

The Guatemalan Ministry of Health has begun to go house to house examining people. We hope to God everything goes as well as possible. We can't go out. We are closed all day. Friday two children abandoned in Tecpan were brought to us. Thanks be to God, we are all well.

We ask you for your prayers and we and the children are praying hard for you and the entire world. Many blessings and thank you for all you do for the children and us.

Sincerely,
Madre Anna Mirian
from the Franciscan nuns that operate the nutrition center and hospital in Patzun, Guatemala