Prison Chaplain Training Team

Rev. Mark Siler (left), a prison chaplain from North Carolina, spent the past 10 months in Cuba as part of a 3-person Prison Chaplain training team, co-sponsored by the Cuban Council of Churches and the Ecumenical Seminary in Matanzas

First Class of Cuban Prison Chaplains Graduate

June 27th 2011
FIRST CLASS OF CUBAN PRISON CHAPLAINS GRADUATE On Thursday, 16 June 2011, a total of 87 pastors and lay leaders made up the first graduating class of prison chaplains in Cuba. Co-sponsored by the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Cuba and the Ecumenical Seminary in Matanzas, the graduation took place at the Quaker Center in Gibara, on Cuba’s northeast coast. Most of these graduates, from 26 ... read more

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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves ... ... read more

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