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Incarnate Word Missionaries
Incarnate Word Missionaries are lay men and women who are sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. They respond to the call of Christ through the Church by serving the poor and marginalized.
Missionaries may serve in short or long-term commitments. Currently, Incarnate Word Missionaries are serving in North America, South America and Africa. As they carry out their mission, they make God’s love tangible in a broken world.
Mission Statement
Inspired by the charism and mission of the Incarnate Word, we choose to live in community and walk in solidarity with the economically poor and marginalized, in order to be transformed by them and to transform unjust social structures that keep people economically poor and marginalized.
Meet our new Incarnate Word Missionaries
Kelechi Acholonu
I am from the state of New Jersey, and graduated from DePaul University in the area of Political Science and Community Service Studies. I will be serving in Chimbote, Peru for one year. My ministry is with the “Comision de Justicia
Social” where I work on various projects including the jail program for inmates
aged 18-22, and the leadership and education program for youth in Chimbote. I’ve also participated in events dealing with human rights and AIDS patients, torture, and the incarcerated. I am also always impressed by the great kindness of all the people.
Lauren Parsons
From the state of Tennessee in the United States. After graduating in June, 2006, I
wanted to be immersed in the life of the people I am working with, challenged in my thinking and to grow in my walk with God. I am serving
for one year in Chimbote, Peru. I work in the Comisión de Jusiticia Social, focusing mainly on their jail ministry. The other days I work in the Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro where I am involved in a number of different
projects such as working in a community center with children, doing casework for the Defensería, and leading a support group for young women.
Cynthia Rovelo
Cynthia is from Chiapas, Mexico and has a degree in Communication. Cynthia is
serving for one year in Chimbote, Peru and provides support in various ministries.
With the “Comision de Justicia Social” she gives support on themes related to human rights. She provides support in the “Hogar de la Paz” with early stimulation activities for abandoned children. She also participates in a radio program called“Capsulas de Difusion del Evangelio”, and helps with workshops on values in the health programs in the diocese, and visits the sick at the hospice.
Aerin Spitz
I am from the state of Wisconsin in the United States. In May, 2006 I graduated
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Biochemistry and
Nutritional Sciences. I felt called to serve before beginning medical school at Cornell University. As an Incarnate Word Missionary, I will be spending a year in Chimbote, Peru working at the Posta Santa Clara medical clinic. My ministries
include assisting in admissions, attending doctors consultations, nutrition consulting and I am beginning a malnutrition screening and follow-up
project in the local grade schools and daycare centers.