Honduras Mission

St. Mark's has been involved with the Manos de Dios Mission in Honduras since its inception over 20 years ago. We also sponsor a breakfast program for 80-100 preschool/kindergarten children in Ojo de Agua.

Honduras Mission Trip Scholarship

St. Mark’s is offering a scholarship for one college student or young adult to accompany the Manos de Dios mission team on their next one-week trip to Honduras in January 2024.
Applications are due by Sept 16, 2023!

Honduras Mission Trip Scholarship Details
Days: One week (Dates TBD)
Timeframe: Jan 2024 (Between TX State Semesters)
Budget: $1500
St. Mark’s seeks a TXST student or young adult to travel with the Manos de Dios mission team to Honduras in January 2024. The 15 -20 person Manos team has been conducting one week mission trips to Danli, Honduras every year for the past 20+ years. Final details regarding January’s trip are currently in development but a typical example can be viewed in our 2023 trip report. The scholarship will cover airline travel and per diem expenses (housing, food, and ground transportation).
Further background on the Manos de Dios team mission trip can be found here.
Traveler requirements, commitments and the application form are available in these formats: MS-Word PDF
Interested parties should complete an application and either submit it to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 3039 Ranch Rd 12, San Marcos, Tx, 78666 in written form, or electronically, to by September 16, 2023.

Manos de Dios (Hands of God)

This mission began with a partnership between four area Episcopal churches: St. Andrew’s (Seguin), St. John’s (New Braunfels), St. Francis by the Lake (Canyon Lake), and St. Mark’s (San Marcos).

Read the wonderful story of how the Manos de Dios ministry evolved from a conversation to a church planting mission and ultimately a parish and so much more in Danli, Honduras.
Episcopalchurch.org Using The Hands of God to Create Sustainable Missions

UTSA-Manos Amigos Program
Manos de Dios and UTSA's College of Education and Human Development have partnered together on an ESL (English as Second Language) program with graduate students from the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies.
Learn more here with this article: UTSA grad students partner with Manos de Dios outreach to teach English remotely

Patricia Perea with St. Francis by the Lake is the Manos de Dios team lead and publishes these newsletters:
Manos de Dios Newsletter Jan 2023
Manos de Dios Newsletter Oct 2021
Manos de Dios Newsletter Sept 2021
Manos de Dios Newsletter Jan 2020

Breakfast for School Children in Ojo de Agua

Approximately 30 miles west of Danli is Ojo de Agua where St. Mark's has sponsored a breakfast for school children program since 2000. This mission is primarily about funding the purchase of food to provide one good meal every day for 80-100 Pre-K and Kindergarten children during school. Over the years St. Mark's has also helped with various capital improvement projects for the school. During the pandemic the school closed for in-person class but has continued with at-home teaching. The breakfast program has adjusted accordingly by distributing the food to the families of those children.