A Personal Journey of Faith
How did the Fish Farm for Haiti Project get started?
The events in a small village in Bosnia-Herzegovina (in former Yugoslavia) have made a radical impact on my journey of faith.
In June 1981, Mary, Mother of Jesus, began appearing to six children in the village of Medjugorje, bringing messages of peace and hope. To this day, twenty eight years later she continues to appear daily, urging us to spend time talking and listening to God, reading the Bible, doing penance and converting our hearts. “Put God in the first place in your lives."
She asks us to fast and pray for peace in the world, and to live and transform her messages into life. “The perfect fast is bread and water.” “Through prayer and fasting you can stop wars and suspend natural law.” Fasting has enhanced my prayer life. It intensifies the Word of God. It has heightened my awareness of the critical role food plays in our lives, and therefore, the plight of those who are without it.
Through “chance” meetings with Sr. Monique Saint-Louis, the founder of the Daughters of Mary Queen Immaculate, came the opportunity to visit Haiti where I there encountered abject poverty first-hand. In prayer I asked God how I could help,” Fish Farming” was the unexpected answer that came to me. That very same day everything came together; the site for the project, the technical assistance, and permission to begin fund raising!
Message from Our Lady Queen of Peace Medjugorje for January 25, 2010:
“Dear children! May this time be a time of personal prayer for you, so that the seed of faith may grow in your hearts; and may it grow into a joyful witness to others. I am with you and I desire to inspire you all: grow and rejoice in the Lord Who has created you. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
For those of you who live on Martha's Vineyard, you may have seen our ad with Our Lady's message in the Martha's Vineyard Times. A special fund has been created to underwrite costs for publicizing these messages. If you would like to help continue this effort, please make your tax-deductible donation out to “Little Children of Mary” and designate “Messages” in the memo. All of the Messages of Our Lady Queen of Peace can be found at www.medjugorje.org or www.medjugorje.com.
Prayer Group
Join us Mondays, 3:00 pm at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital Chapel as we pray, praise God, learn about, and try to live and transform into life the messages of Our Lady Queen of Peace.
Margaret Mayhew Penicaud and children of Haiti
Little Children of Mary, is an all-volunteer, non-profit, charitable organization which is open to all faith traditions in a spirit of solidarity. Tax-exempt donations may be made out to Little Children of Mary or Fish Farm for Haiti Project, www.fishfarmhaiti.org . To further direct your donations please make a note in the memo and mail it to PO Box 1803, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.
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