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MERCYSTORIES

Sharing works of mercy 

Our blog features stories from projects around the world that are changing the amount of love, truth, well-being and opportunity that enter into the lives of marginalized children.

Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Answering the Call in Isaiah 1:17

One of the overarching themes in the prophetic books of the Old Testament is the importance of God’s people caring for the anawim: the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. In...

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The Impact You Made in 2019

As we begin a new year, all of us at Missionhurst CICM would like to thank each of you for the continued care, compassion, and generosity you show our missionaries and the...

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Serving God Through Our Neighbors is Our Joy

Dear Friends,

I hope everyone had a wonderful year! As we enter into the new year, I want to thank all of you who sustained Missionhurst financially through our MercyWorks...

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3 Challenges Mothers Face Living in Poverty in Guatemala and How You Can Help

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have been damaged, forcing many to go without access to reliable sources of food. The United Nations World Food Program...

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Learn How You Can Support and Empower Women in Guatemala

The Bethany Center is a ministry that serves the poorest of the poor, particularly the vulnerable women, infants, and children in rural Guatemala. The center has many...

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The Women and Children of Guatemala Need You. Here’s Why.

In every society, women and children are the most vulnerable. Violence, lack of access to education, homelessness, and acute poverty all affect the stability and health of...

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What is the state of women's and children's health in rural Guatemala?

Imagine the array of intense emotions that come with learning that you or someone you love is pregnant. Often there is great joy, mixed with some uncertainty, relief,...

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7 Prayers for Struggling Mothers and Infants Around the World

All of us know of mothers, fathers, families, and children, both close to home and far away, who are struggling with the challenges of daily life or with more extreme forms...

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Up Close and Personal: REAL Stories from Guatemala

At this very moment, missionaries in Guatemala are helping to serve those suffering from poverty, violence, and malnutrition. Daily, our priests are walking alongside the...

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Pray With Us: St. Philomena Novena for Babies, Children, and Mothers in Need

It's easy to look around the world, at the poverty and despair that so many live in, and become discouraged thinking — there is too much to tackle, I'm too far away, or I...

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A Day in the Life of A School Aged Child in Haiti

The day-to-day life of a student in Bois de Laurence, Haiti is pretty different from that of a child in the United States. The essentials are the same — wake-up, head to...

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How You Can Change a Life for Less than Your Netflix Subscription

Most of us don’t think twice about spending $10 to $15 a month on subscription services like Amazon Prime, Netflix, or Spotify Premium. $120 just isn’t a ton of money — most...

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Our Story

MercyWorks is an initiative sponsored by Missionhurst CICM that is dedicated to bringing dignity to the world’s most marginalized children by meeting their most basic educational and health care needs. Our projects include everything from building schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to providing proper medical care to infants in Guatemala. Learn more about our story and the Missionhurst CICM here.