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More about Fr. Jack Davis and Sr. Peggy Byrne

Fr. Jack Davis

Fr. Jack Davis has served in Chimbote for more than 30 years. His parish, Parroquia de Nuestra Soccorro (Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish) encompasses more than 30,000 parishioners, the vast majority of whom survive on pennies a day. Born in 1942 in Devils Lake, ND and ordained as a priest in 1969, Davis has made service to the poor in Chimbote his life mission. In his time in Peru, Fr. Jack has performed thousands of funeral services for children and adults killed by preventable diseases, lack of health care access, violence, and other poverty-related tragedies. He has been robbed at gunpoint, stabbed, and targeted for execution by Shining Path terrorists. He also has spent thousands of hours traveling and speaking throughout the U.S. and Europe in order to raise funds for Chimbote. Fr. Jack is a winner of the Citizen of the Year award, the President’s Award, and the Peruvian Medal of Honor.

Read Fr. Jack’s Citizen of the Year acceptance speech.
Read Fr. Jack’s President’s Award acceptance speech.  
Read Fr. Jack’s Medal of Honor acceptance speech.

Sr. Peggy Byrne

Sr. Peggy Byrne has served in Chimbote since 1981 and has been an ardent champion for education programs there. Born in Wexford, Ireland, Sr. Peggy traveled to the U.S. in 1954 at the age of sixteen to become a member of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and took her full vows with the Presentation Sisters in 1960. She has an undergraduate degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in educational administration. She was a teacher and principal in North Dakota before arriving in Chimbote.

Read a story about a typical day for Sr. Peggy in Chimbote.