| 1993 - 1994 | |
| International Connection Sought | |
| Sister Parish, Inc. Selected | |
| December 9, 1994 | Tim & Mary Beth Leone-Getten visit TNII |
| (Liaisons until June, 1996) | |
| December 17, 1994 | Padre Alfonso Assassinated |
| December 22, 1994 | Committee meeting SJA Go-Ahead |
| 1995 | |
| April | Semana Santa (Holy Week) |
| First Delegation SJA to TNII | |
| Writing Mission Statement | |
| Getting acquainted | |
| June | P.O. Box Opened |
| August | Norma Linsenman-Schuh talks for Mission Sunday |
| December | Joint Prayer Services TNII & SJA Remember Padre Alfonso |
| 1996 | |
| Candle Making Begins | |
| June/July | Second delegation |
| SJA to TNII Youth & Adults "Cementing the Relationship". | |
| Disagreements in discussion; TNII committee votes to continue relationship. Strengthened commitment to relationship vs. projects. | |
| July | AA & Alanon books to group in TNII |
| August | Tim & Mary Beth talk for Mission Sunday |
| December | Receive quilt from TNII |
| 1997 | |
| January | SJA committee Retreat |
| SJA quilt in progress | |
| March | First Alfombra at SJA |
| April | First computer to TNII, later this year e-mail working |
| June/July | Tim, Mary Beth & Louis Eidsmoe visit TNII. |
| SJA quilt to TNII | |
| Meet with Padre Antonio | |
| SJA delegation postponed | |
| August | Vickie Hepler gives Mission Sunday talk on North-South dialogue |
| English classes begin in TNII | |
| October/November | Third delegation SJA to TNII with Father George |
| November | First Candle & Card Sale at SJA |
| 1998 | |
| January | SJA committee retreat |
| Planning first visit from TNII | |
| April | Fourth delegation |
| TNII to SJA | |
| Propose new projects | |
| Alfombra | |
| July | Mindy Ahler Olmstead gives Mission Sunday homily |
| September | Bible study started at SJA |
| October | Yolanda Aguilar speaks at SJA, re: REMHI |
| 1999 | |
| Scholarship program begins in TNII | |
| Library project begins in TNII | |
| April | Alfombra |
| July | Fifth delegation |
| SJA youth to TNII | |
| Louise speaks at SJA | |
| September | Mindy to TNII for 2 weeks |
| 2000 | |
| April | Alfombra |
| October/November | Sixth Delegation |
| TNII to SJA | |
| Candle Sale | |
| Joint Bible Study | |
| 2001 | |
| February | Mindy speaks at SJA re: Delegation |
| April | Alfombra |
| October | Bob Heberle to TNII to pick up candles |
| November | Candle Sale |
| 2002 | |
| February | Louise visits TNII |
| March | Alfombra |
| June | Seventh delegation |
| SJA youth to TNII | |
| July | Eighth delegation |
| SJA women to TNII | |
| Carol Krush and Mindy Ahler Olmstead give homily in TNII | |
| August | Carol Krush, Sherri Norgard, Heidi Meyer, Briana Connors give homily re: delegations |
| 2003 | |
| April | Alfombra |
| July | Ninth Delegation |
| TNII Adults and Youth to SJA | |
| Bernardo and Timo give homily at SJA | |
| 2004 | |
| January | Louise visits TNII |
| April | Alfombra |
| August | Tenth Delegation (SJA to TNII) |
| November | Ross speaks at Mass about the August delegation and Candle/Card Sale |
| 2005 | |
| March 27 | Alfombra - The 10th Anniversary of our Hermanamiento |
| April 29 - May 1 | St. Joan's hosts the Sister Parish Board Meeting. |
| June 5 | Jenny speaks at Mass on Mission Sunday. |
| July 8 - 18 | Eleventh Delegation (TNII at SJA with Padre Juan Pablo). |
| August 5 - 9 | Louise Attended the Sister Parish Northern Assembly Meeting in Seattle. |
| October | Hurricane Stan hits Central America. See Reports. |
| October 11 | Efrain Juárez died in TNII. Efrain was a founding member of the church of San Marcos in Tierra Nueva Dos and a founding member of the hermanamiento committee. View pictures of Efrain |
| October 28 - 30 | Louise and Bob Attended the Sister Parish Board Meeting in Decorah. |
| October through January 2006 | Discussion of Thomas Melville's book "Through a Glass Darkly" |
| November 20 | Candle and Card Sale |
| 2006 | |
| April 16 | Alfombra |
| June 17 | Sister Parish Celebration with new pastor, Rev. Jim DeBruycker. |
| June 26 | Bob Heberle, an active member of the Sister Parish Committee at St. Joan, was honored by the Sister Parish Board of Directors and by the St. Joan of Arc Sister Parish Committee for his stance on non-violence. Bob attempted to talk to Mr. Cheney when he was here to fund raise for Ms. Bachmann at a Lake Minnetonka location on June 26th, 2006. Bob's action was acknowledged and honored by the Sister Parish Commitee and the Sister Parish Board of Directors at a potluck dinner on, November 4th. Read Bob's statement. |
| August 4 - 14 | Twelfth Delegation to TNII. |
| August 25 - 27 | Louise, Mindy, Katharine and Ross Attended the Sister Parish Northern Assembly Meeting in Decorah. |
| September 23 - 24 | Katharine and Ross Attended the Sister Parish Southern Assembly Meeting in Chontalá, Guatemala. |
| November 3 - 5 | St. Joan's hosts the Sister Parish Board Meeting and hosts a potluck dinner on November 4. |
| 2007 | |
| January 20 | Annual Retreat |
| April 7 | Alfombra |
| July 20 through 30 | Alba, Juan Carlos, Juan Rene and Alejandro visit on the delegation from TN2 to SJA. |
| August 20 through 28 | Eluvia visits St. Joan on her way home from the Sister Parish NAB meeting in Pittsburgh. |
| 2008 | |
| March 19 | Maria Van Der Maaten from Sister Parish, Inc. visited with the committee in her new role as coordinator of the Northern Churches. |
| March 23 | Alfombra |
| August 27 | St. Joan's Sister Parish members Louise Eidsmoe, Leslie Knoblauch, Rick Nelson and Ann Maczuga traveled to Postville, Iowa as part of a trip coordinated by the Jewish Community Action Center from the Twin Cities. The group went to pray and walk in solidarity with the Guatemalans and Mexicans there who were arrested in the ICE Raid on May 12. View a report on the trip. |
View the previous Sister Parish Web Site. It is no longer being maintained.