ALL OUR FURRY FRIEND OF OUR MISSION

            WE HAVE HAD MANY FURRY FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS. THEY ARE AN

            IMPORTANT PART OF THE CLINIC AND MISSION.  MANY HAVE GONE TO 

            BE WITH THEIR CREATOR.

            THIS PAST WEEK WE LOST OUR DEAR CHISPA, UNEXPECTEDLY.  HE WAS

            ONE OF TWO PART "BOXERS"OF SISTERS MARY AND ANNA, BVM´S. THEY 

            RECEIVED THEM AS PUPPIES, TYE AND CHISPA.  THEY WERE ELEGANT  

            DOGS. WHEN THE SISTERS RETURNED TO THEIR HOME, IN THE STATES, I

            HAD THE JOY TO RECEIVE THEM.  TYE DIED SOME YEARS AGO; OUR DEAR, 

            DEAR CHISPA DIED AUGUST 4TH, UNEXPECTEDLY.  HE WAS OUT BEING

            WALKED ON A CHAIN AND RETURNING TO HIS HOME, BEHIND THE CLINIC,

            HE GOT AWAY, AND RAN DOWN TO THE ROAD. HE WAS HIT BY A CAR, BUT

            AND ALTHOUGH NO INJURY NOTED, HE DIED INSTANTLY.  UNDER THE 

            RAIN THREE OF THE CLINIC, INCLUDING MYSELF., LAID HIM TO REST IN 

            OUR "PET CEMETERY", NEAR OUR BAMBOO, AND CLOSE TO A CREEK. I 

            ELEGANTLY WRAPPED HIM IN A GOLD TYPICAL TABLE CLOTH, PUT FLOWERS 

            FROM  OUR GARDEN, A SMALL IMAGE OF SAINT FRANCIS, AND PLACED

            HIM IN  A CARBOARD BOX. CHISPA AND TYE ARE TOGETHER NOW WITH 

            MANY OTHER FRIENDS.

            AT PRESENT THE CLINIC HAS THREE DOGS; COCO, CANELO AND SOMBRA;

            TWO CATS; SOFIA AND HER SON, MESSI; AND TEN BUNNIES, AND ONE

            GALLO.  COME AND MEET US! WE ARE DELIGHTED WITH VISITORS.

            YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT OUR MISSION, CLINIC AND SECONDARY

            SCHOOL, IN GUATEMALA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND ALL THE WORKERS

            WHO SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR MISSION AREA.

            PLEASE REMEMBER TO DONATE TO THE MISSION OF THE DIOCESE
            OF HELENA, MT.  THE MISSION BEGAN IN 1964 BY THREE MONTANA
            PRIESTS;  FR JIM HAZELTON, "HAZY", FR JIM TACKES, AND FR JOHN WARD.!
            THREE PAPAL VOLUNTEERS FOR LATIN AMERICA; EILEEN DRISCOLL,
            SHEILA MCSHANE AND EMMA JEAN REIS JOINED IN 1966!
            MANY OTHERS FOLLOWED. TWO TEAMS OF OPTHALMOLOGISTS ALSO
            HAVE COMED TWICE A YEAR;DR. MARTIN FISHMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
            LEADS ONE TEAM AND THE MONTANA TEAM, DR JOE KUPCO AND
            DR. TIM MCINNIS. THEY COINTINUE TO COME IN NOVEMBER AND APRIL.

            DONATION TO GUATEMALA MISSION
            DIOCESE OF HELENA
            PO BOX 1729, HELENA, MT. 59624

              SAINT FRANCIS DE ASSISI IS THE PATRON SAINT OF CLINICA MAXEÑA