OLL's 4th Grade Teacher, Margaret Portelance, along with school parents and students will begin their Annual Seed Sale for our Sister School in Yali, Nicaragua this spring. During the school year, there are many kids that only attend Saturday school. This year the fundraiser is focusing on chairs for all the students. The chairs are $45.00 each and we hope to raise enough to cover the cost of the chairs. OLL 4th graders have harvested many of the seed themselves so watch for more info on this so we can support their hard work and support the students of Yali. To learn more about OLL's 4th Grade Seed Sale, please follow the link here.

Sister parishes enter a relationship where both have something to offer each other to build a community. It is much more than a financial relationship. We become knit together like members of the same family - in this case, it is the Catholic family with shared values, rites, and practices.

The San Sebastian de Yali parish in Nicaragua, has a very strong faith that is part of their daily life. A few simple example of how we here at OLL are inspired by this is that our 4th Grade at OLL has learned the prayer to St. Sebastian (added below) and they say it at the beginning and end of everyday. We as a parish also pray for San Sebastian every weekend at Mass and have our beautiful icon created by Kathy Sievers in our church as every present reminder of our special relationship with San Sebastian.

Sister parishes are mutual support entities that look after each other. That means praying for each other, communication via emails (some of which are included below), visits, and financial support. We are fortunate to have developed a great relationship with a small parish in the village of Yali.