Fr. Anicama helping people in need during pandemic
Father Cesar Anicama, a priest of the Jefferson City diocese who is serving as a Missionary of St. James the Apostle in his homeland of Peru, distributes food baskets to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Villa El Salvador. Fr. Anicama is ministering at Nuestra Señora de la Paz (Our Lady of Peace) parish in Villa El Salvador, about 20 miles south of Lima, the nation’s capital. This coastal city is home to about 4 million people, many of whom resettled there after fleeing the poverty of the Andes Mountains almost a half-century ago. He said he remains safe and healthy despite the pandemic, “thanks be to God.” He asks the people of the Jefferson City diocese to pray “for God’s healing hand to be placed on the poorest and most abandoned people, and for those who have lost loved ones.”
Father Cesar Anicama, a priest of the Jefferson City diocese who is serving as a Missionary of St. James the Apostle in his homeland of Peru, distributes food baskets to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Villa El Salvador. Fr. Anicama is ministering at Nuestra Señora de la Paz (Our Lady of Peace) parish in Villa El Salvador, about 20 miles south of Lima, the nation’s capital. This coastal city is home to about 4 million people, many of whom resettled there after fleeing the poverty of the Andes Mountains almost a half-century ago. He said he remains safe and healthy despite the pandemic, “thanks be to God.” He asks the people of the Jefferson City diocese to pray “for God’s healing hand to be placed on the poorest and most abandoned people, and for those who have lost loved ones.”