Please join us in welcoming Fr. Jean-Marie Mvumbi, a Missionhurst-CICM (the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) missionary who will be visiting our parish next weekend to present the annual mission appeal. Fr. Jean-Marie is from the foreign mission Province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and will be sharing his life and dedication to the people he serves with us. Missionhurst-CICM was originally founded in 1862 for the conversion of China. Today, Missionhurst-CICM serves in some of the most remote places of Mongolia, Indonesia, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Missionhurst-CICM missionaries go into mission prepared to stay, living among the people, sharing in their privations, and participating in the day-to-day effort needed to achieve life-long spiritual and material changes. In response to the people's most urgent need, Missionhurst-CICM missionaries may start a new farming project, build a new chapel or school or lay clean water supply lines. Fr. Jean-Marie is currently the Provincial Treasurer for the US Province of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and resides at the Motherhouse in Arlington, Virginia. He is a missionary priest full of life who continues to shine his light wherever he goes. He speaks Kikongo, Kiyombe, French, English and Spanish. Fr. Jean- Marie will be preaching at all the masses and a second collection will be taken with proceeds going to Missionhurst-CICM. WELCOME, Fr. Jean-Marie!