THE COMMUNITY OF PASAC, IS A SMALL MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, ABOUT 4 KM FROM OUR MISSION HOME!  THERE WERE MANY LEADERS THERE, THAT WE HAD CONTACT WITH.  JAMES MONDLOCH, ONE OF OUR FIRST YOUNG MISSIONARY PRIESTS, FROM THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MADE THIS HOME.  HE LEARNED THE MAYAN DIALECT OF QUICHE.  HE DIRECTED THE BUILDING OF A PARISH CHURCH AND A SMALL PARISH CLINIC.  HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE!  THE CHURCH HAS BEEN REMODELED AND IS BEAUTIFUL AND MUCH LARGER.

AS YEARS WENT ON AN HE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND NEEDS. HE FORMED A SMALL COFFEE COOPERATIVE.  HE SOUGHT HELP FROM THE COFFEE ASSOCIATION FOR COOPERATIVES.  IT BLOOMED AND TODAY IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL COOPPERATIVE THAT HAS OVER 50 ASSOCIATES, MORE WOMEN THAN MEN..THAT WAS OVER 50 YEARS AGO AND IT STILL THRIVES AND EXPORTS ORGANIC COFFEE TO THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE!  THERE ARE SONS, DAUGHTERS, WIVES NOW LEADERS OF THIS COOPERATIVE.

THEY DO ALSO SELL IN SMALL QUANTITIES TO VISITORS TODAY!  THEY HAVE OVER 800, ONE HUNDRED BAGS OF COFFEE READY TO SEND FOR PROCESSING AND BEING SENT THROUGH THE GUATEMALAN  COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.

A PLAQUE WITH THE NAME OF THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MONTANA, AND OTHERS STILL IS PRESENT ON THE COOPERATIVE BUILDING.  THE YOUNG ASSOCIATES, SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE IN CHARGE OF THEIR COOPERATIVE.





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