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San Pedro Roman Catholic Church
Education
San Pedro Roman Catholic School graduates 80 primary school students
At the 2024 San Pedro Roman Catholic School (SPRCS) graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 22nd, 80 students received their primary school certificates. The celebration occurred at the Angel Nuñez Auditorium at 4PM, where family and friends proudly cheered on the graduates for their educational milestones.
Community and Society
Remembering Mrs. Martha Guerrero
The San Pedro Sun joins the island community in commemorating the life of stalwart Martha Guerrero. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Mrs. Martha passed away on Wednesday, June 5th.
Religious
The “Israel United in Christ” group is a growing concern to churchgoers
On Thursday, April 9th, around 9:30 am, an incident occurred at the San Pedro Roman Catholic Church when a group of members from the Israel United in Christ disrupted a school mass in the church. Their disrespectful and insulting behavior alarmed many in the church and within the community. The occurrence is rare in Belize, a country known for religious freedom and peaceful coexistence among many denominations.
Entertainment
Thousands enjoy Easter holidays on Ambergris Caye
Over Easter, locals and tourists in San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye, celebrated with religious events and beach activities. The celebrations took place in various locations across the island, including the popular Secret Beach on the northwest coast of Ambergris Caye. Visitors began arriving on Thursday, March 28th, eager to enjoy the festivities on La Isla Bonita.
Community and Society
Rotaract Club of Ambergris Caye: Another Successful Merry Boxes Project
The Rotaract Club of Ambergris Caye is passionately seeking ways to improve lives and create smiles through a tiny action at a time, and one way the club has achieved that is through our annual Merry Boxes project. In its seventh edition, the Merry Boxes project is dedicated to assisting needy families during the Holiday Season. This year, with the help of Mother Teresa Casita, the Rotaract Club of Ambergris Caye was able to prepare 20 boxes to give to families, each containing an abundant supply of food and personal and home goods.
Community and Society
20 deserving islanders receive wheelchairs via the Rotary Club of Ambergris Caye
The Rotary Club of Ambergris Caye, through a partnership with Chair The Love, distributed 20 new wheelchairs to some of the most deserving island residents. The generous donation coincided with the Christmas season of giving and saw the distribution of 250 wheelchairs nationwide.
Religious
San Pedro Catholics celebrate La Virgen de Guadalupe
On Tuesday, December 12th, devoted island Catholics headed under the rain to the San Pedro Roman Catholic Church by Central Park to honor La Virgen de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe). The annual tradition is part of the festivities held across the Americas in the Roman Catholic Church. The celebration pays homage to the story of the appearance of the Virgin Mary to Juan Diego, an indigenous Mexican farmer in the Hill of Tepeyac, in 1531. This year, the San Pedro Roman Catholic Church acquired a replica of the venerated image on a cloak associated with the apparition of the Virgen. The original portrait of the image is in Mexico City, Mexico.
Community and Society
Garifuna Settlement Day celebrated on the island
The Garifuna community of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye joined the national Garifuna Settlement Day celebration over the weekend with parades, an all-night concert, and the traditional Yurumein, which is the re-enactment of the arrival of the Garinagu people to Belize in 1832. The annual public and bank holiday, celebrated on November 19th, was observed this year under the theme ‘Wаmúа, wаnісhіgu lubá ámuñеgü: óundаrunі hаmа nіburеіntіаn lun lаbаgаrіdu Gаrіfunа – Оur lаnd, оur сulturе, оur futurе: involving our уоuth fоr Gаrіfunа ѕurvіvаl.”
