The parish of Sabana Yegua ends the year with the traditional pastoral visit of Bishop Grullón from San Juan de la Maguana
Coinciding with the pastoral visit of Msgr. José Grullón, bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, who visits our parish of La Sagrada Familia every year in the last days of December, we were able to inaugurate and bless two important structural improvements. The first was the new chapel of the community called “KM. 15”. For years, in this community we had been celebrating the Mass, the other sacraments and all the meetings under a fragile shade made of logs and branches. Now, finally, we have been able to fulfill the dream of having a solid, brick, beautiful and dignified construction. The new chapel is dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, patroness of the Dominican Republic. We are grateful to the Divine Mercy Missionaries of New Jersey for their help in carrying out this project.
Secondly, the main church of the parish, in Sabana Yegua, had very old, uncomfortable and obsolete metal benches. With great effort on the part of many parishioners and local entrepreneurs, and with the collaboration of the parishes of Saint Mary and Saint Anne in Kenosha and of Holy Apostles in New Berlin (Wisconsin, USA), we have been able to replace the old pews for new ones, made of wood. The parish community is very blessed by these improvements.
During the days of his pastoral visit, Bishop Grullón was able to share with the parishioners, motivate them on their way of faith with his characteristic enthusiasm and joy, and confirm 105 people. There is no doubt that it has been a good end of the year in La Sagrada Familia!
