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When he was ordained<\/a> four years ago, Maryknoll Father Gregory McPhee<\/a> says, the term yanapanakuna<\/em> was not part of his vocabulary. Now he spends every day putting this Quechua term into practice: \u201clet\u2019s help one another.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father McPhee, 54, is forming a chapel community in Los Molinos, a small village in the township of Tiquipaya. A 30-minute drive from the city of Cochabamba, the village is nestled in hills with abundant vegetation in an area known for flower cultivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLos Molinos is in transition,\u201d Father McPhee says. Most families \u2014 largely Quechua Indigenous \u2014 have been there for generations. In recent years, newcomers of retirement age have arrived, attracted to the tranquil setting and ready supply of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe main challenge is building trust between the families,\u201d Father McPhee says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sister Faviola Condori Quispe of the Missionary Sisters of the Thirsting Christ explains further. She and other young Aymara sisters, including most recently Sister Valeria Mita Uchupi<\/a>, live and serve in Los Molinos, guided by the wise Sister Mar\u00eda \u201cMery\u201d Figueredo Valverde<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chapel had fallen into disuse, Sister Condori says. Their pastor in the growing town of Tiquipaya had more than enough to do, and when he came to say Mass, attendance was too low to fill the chapel\u2019s 50 seats. The sisters lamented the palpable lack of a faith community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Problems they witnessed in Los Molinos included depression, domestic violence, untreated illnesses and overconsumption of chicha<\/em>, a homemade fermented beverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were discouraged,\u201d Sister Condori says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFather Greg suggested forming a team,\u201d she says. Since coming to Cochabamba from La Paz, another region of Bolivia, the sisters have collaborated with Maryknoll priests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur goal is to re-evangelize,\u201d Father McPhee says, noting that in many places, the Church needs to be \u201creignited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing on Maryknoll\u2019s wide circle of partners in Cochabamba<\/a>, he identified three laypeople to join him and the sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victor Artaiz, Rosse Mary Miranda, Father McPhee and Mabel Ram\u00edrez (left to right) hold a meeting at the Maryknoll center and residence in Cochabamba. (Adam Mitchell\/Bolivia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Victor Artaiz, of Wallingford, Connecticut, is one of them. Artaiz became a Franciscan Mission Service<\/a> volunteer after a career in sales. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he found himself reflecting on the call to mission. \u201cI was doing a lot of praying and reading my Bible, praying for guidance,\u201d he says. He arrived in Cochabamba in January of 2022 and met Maryknollers in prison ministry. \u201cI was immediately befriended by the Maryknoll community,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy ministry is letting God lead me and sharing his word and applying the Gospel to daily life,\u201d he continues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVictor delivers a strong message, especially for the men,\u201d says Father McPhee, who also enlisted two Bolivian psychologists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mabel Ram\u00edrez Cornejo got to know Maryknoll through the Schools of Forgiveness and Reconciliation (ESPERE) program<\/a>. She brings to the team her vast experience in family counseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur first step was going door to door,\u201d she recounts. \u201cThe whole team went together to each house. Why? To get to know them, and from there to evaluate their needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the approximately 100 houses in Los Molinos, a sizeable number are still under construction, but the team reached about 60 families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey have welcomed us,\u201d Ram\u00edrez says. \u201cTheir openness is incredible,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making home visits \u201creally gives me a sense of what\u2019s going on,\u201d Father McPhee says. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing when people come to the sisters\u2019 house, but when you go inside you see what they\u2019re dealing with, how they\u2019re living.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Father McPhee joyfully celebrates Mass and the sacraments in Los Molinos, where he and a pastoral team are forming a chapel community. (Courtesy of Gregory McPhee\/Bolivia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was a case of an adolescent girl with epilepsy. It wasn\u2019t the common kind,\u201d Ram\u00edrez says. \u201cShe hadn\u2019t been given the right medications, nor did she get tested properly.\u201d Ram\u00edrez\u2019s husband, a medical doctor, volunteered his services. He made sure that the girl, named Sheila, received adequate care and appropriate prescriptions. Father McPhee, who helped pay for the treatment, says Sheila is now doing fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosse Mary Miranda Miranda is another member of the pastoral team. As a Quechua speaker who lives in Tiquipaya, she offers an insider\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visitation campaign was a real success, she says: in this reserved, insular Indigenous culture, \u201cour campesino brothers and sisters don\u2019t usually open their doors\u201d to outsiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miranda, a psychologist who works with children, also points out that campesinos are unfamiliar with counseling. \u201cThey think only crazy people go to the psychologist,\u201d she says. Yet a couple of families have already sought out therapy \u2014 provided free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was Miranda who proposed the Quechua name for the team\u2019s project: Yanapanakuna<\/em>. \u201cIt encapsulates all the values of sharing, partnerships, solidarity and communal tasks,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support the work in Los Molinos, the Missionary Sisters of the Thirsting Christ sell alpaca yarn<\/a>. Traveling with Father McPhee to the mountains bordering Chile, they bought sheared fleece from families who raise alpaca herds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sisters wash, dye and card the wool, then use a drop spindle to spin the fibers into yarn. \u201cWe have a couple of buyers in the States,\u201d Father McPhee says. He hopes to raise funds for repairs to the Los Molinos chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On a trip to the Andean Altiplano last year, Father McPhee and the Missionary Sisters of the Thirsting Christ bought a supply of alpaca fleece. (Courtesy of Gregory McPhee\/Bolivia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Counseling and assistance for struggling families, Father McPhee explains, are only part of his vision. Indigenous people in Bolivia, he notes, tend to open up more in communities of trust. He envisions base ecclesial communities, also known as small Christian communities, to gather people regularly for prayer and Scripture reflection. Formation of lay leaders is key, as are workshops, such as one given last year at the sisters\u2019 house on communication in the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, classes in cooking and confection were held, also at the sisters\u2019 house. These enable families to sell baked goods, thus supplementing their meager incomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the team\u2019s goals are large, Father McPhee says, ministry begins with small steps. \u201cAs Americans we think of results. How many people do we get in, how many projects do we have, how much is the budget,\u201d he says. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s much more about building relationships.\u201d He shares that he draws inspiration from Saint Paul\u2019s letters to the early Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cradle Catholic, the young McPhee had fallen away from his faith until his late 30s. He came back to the Church while working as a criminal defense attorney in Syracuse, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ordained at 50, Father McPhee recalls the words that propelled him into mission: \u201cGo, therefore, and make disciples of all nations\u201d (Matthew 28:19a). \u201cIt was like Christ speaking to me,\u201d he says. \u201cI felt called to accompany people in our universal Church.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID-19 pandemic postponed his ordination and delayed his sendoff, but in April of 2021 the missioner arrived in Cochabamba. He first served at a chapel of the thriving, well-organized parish of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de La Salette (Our Lady of La Salette), which introduced him to \u201cthe basics\u201d of pastoral ministry in Bolivia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers center in Cochabamba, he says, \u201cI love the photos on the wall and the history of the work of Maryknoll. It was going out to the Indigenous and the poor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, in Los Molinos, Father McPhee says, he is serving in that same mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOften, I felt before that I had to be the expert. I had to bring the message,\u201d he says. \u201cNow I am listening. I am seeing where is the place of trust, the Spirit of Christ in us \u2014 and among us \u2014 that\u2019s teaching me that God is present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image: Sister Faviola Condori Quispe, Maryknoll Father Gregory McPhee and Sister Clara Mamani Limachi (left to right) prepare alpaca wool yarn for sale to benefit their ministry in Los Molinos, a village on the outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia. (Adam Mitchell\/Bolivia)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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