A Reflection on Cuba

By the Rev. Brent Norris, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Asheville

 

Since 2014, St. Mary's Asheville has been in an intentional relationship with the mission congregation San Felipe el Diacono in Limonar, Cuba.  This small but faithful congregation has been meeting in a garden shed since their church was destroyed by a hurricane in the 1970s.  St. Mary's, along with congregations in other dioceses, have helped buy an adjacent house that is being renovated for worship, education and fellowship to use while a new church is being built.  St. Mary's takes an annual trip to Cuba and the priest of San Felipe el Diacono has visited St. Mary's.