Clinica MAXEÑA 2018

                            IMPORTANT WEEK FOR CHURCH AND LIVES OF PEOPLE                                                "ALL SAINTS DAY AND ALL SOULS DAY"            THESE TWO DAYS ARE DAYS OF PRAYER, REMEMBRANCE AND            VISITING  GRAVES OF LOVED ONES.  TODAY FAMILIES COME  TO CEMETERY            TO PREPARE THE  GRAVE SITES OF LOVED ONES, WITH PAINT, FLOWERS,            AND REVERENCE.  PREPARATIONS ARE SIMPLE; FLOWERS FROM             THEIR HOME GARDEN, ELABORATE BOQUETS,  NEWLY HAND PAINTED            NAMES ON GRAVE SITES, TOMBSTONES REPAINTED.   TOMORROW BA...

                                           WELCOME TO THE CLINICA MAXEÑA!!            THE CLINICA MAXEÑA WAS FOUNDED IN 1966!!  THE CLINIC IS A PARISH            CLINIC THAT SERVES ALL, REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, OR ABILITY  TO               PAY!! WE HAVE SERVICES OF MEDICAL CONSULT, EMERGENCY ROOM,               LABORATORY SERVICES, ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, ULTRA SOUND,              INTRAVENOUS INFUSIONS AND BLOOD TRANFUSIONS.  WE PROVIDE             ACCOMPANIMENT, AMBULANCE ASSISTENCE TO NATIONAL HOSPITALS.             TRANSLATIONS OF MAYAN DIALECT IN HOSPITALS,   REFERENCE TO         ...

THE CLINICA MAXEÑA IS ON THE ENTRANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY, SANTO TOMAS LA UNION.  OUR PARISH IS" SANTO TOMAS EL APOSTLE ".  THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MONTANA BEGAN OUR MISSION IN RESPONSE OF REQUEST OF POPE TO SEND PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS PERSONS AND PROGRAMS TO HELP IN LATIN AMERICA IN 1964! WE ARE PROUD OF OUR PRESENCE OF CHURCH AND ACCOMPANIEMENT OF THIS MAYAN POPULATION!  WE NOW HAVE FOUR MAYAN PRIESTS AND THREE MAYAN RELIGIOUS SISTERS, WHO HAVE MAINTAINED A PRESENCE IN OUR SCHOOL, "ASUNCIÓN"! FOR MANY YEARS!  THANK YOU!!  OUR POPULATION IN THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES HAS MULTIPLIED MANY TIMES! WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO ALSO HAVE A QUICHE SPEAKING, MEDICAL DOCTOR, "JORGE", WHO IS HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH HIS FAMILY! THESE HOWEVER ARE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE GUATEMALAN RURAL MOUNTAIN VILLAGES. THE PRICE OF COFFEE IS LOW AND UNJUST, THE HARVEST IS POOR!  PEOPLE ARE FLEEING NORTH FOR HUNGER  AND SURVIVAL!  HOW CAN WE HELP THE...

HOY CELEBRÉMOS DIEZ AÑOS DE COCO! "MASCOT" DE LA CLINICA MAXEÑA                                 HAPPY BIRTHDAY COCO FROM ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

A JOYFUL SUNDAY MORNING CELEBRATING WORLD DAY OF HEALTHY AND                                                           ADEQUATE FOOD FOR ALL!!                    THERE WAS CELEBRATION OF MASS, MUSIC AND OCCASIO NAL                    BOMB!   MANY WERE  SETTING  UP TABLES FOR PASTORAL HEALTH                     AND DAY OF  ALIMENTATION. THIS IS A DAY TO RECOGNIZE HEALTHY                     AND ADEQUATE FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY!  MANY DIFFERENT                     PARISH GROUPS  AND COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE.  THE CLINICA     ...

                                " PASTORAL HEALTH;  THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF                           HEALTH CARE AND THE SICK IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH"                          THE CLINICA MAXEÑA, AS A PARISH CLINIC IN GUATEMALA,                           IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF PASTORAL HEALTH.  OUR                            DIOCESE HAS MEETINGS, OF REPRESENTATIVES OF HEALTH                            CARE CLINICS, AND PERSONS WHO VISIT  IN  HOMES, THE                       ...

                                                  THE FEAST DAY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI                                                            PATRON SAINT OF THE CLINICA MAXEÑA                                                      SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI STATUE IS ON THE ENTRANCE OF THE CLINIC!!              YESTERDAY I WENT TO AFTERNOON MASS FOR SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI!                    THE CLINICA MAXEÑA IS TO SERVE THE POOR AS A PARISH           ...

CELEBRATION WITH JOY, FEAST OF PATRON, SAINT TERESA, LITTLE FLOWER OF JESUS, IN PARISH CENTER CHURCH OF OVER 140 MAYAN COMMUNITIES, IN THE LOWER COAST OF MISSION AREA, WHERE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MT. BEGAN A  MISSION IN 1964!!! THIS PARISH CHURCH STRUCTURE IS FOUR YEARS OLD.  THE STRUCTURE NOT YET FINISHED  FOR LACK OF FUNDS!  THE CHURCH FAITHFUL OVERFLOWED INTO THE FIESTA  AREA OF FERRIS WHEEL, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, HOMES, CELEBRATION!!  MUSIC, PRAYER, JOY FILLED THE COMMUNITY, THE SKY!! IMMIGRANTS  HAVE SENT HOME DONATIONS TO HELP FINISH THE STRUCTURE!! CAN YOU HELP!! THEIR IS NO ROOF, FLOOR, TERMINATION OF WALLS! THIS IMMENSE PARISH AREA IS ATTENDED BY FOUR MAYAN PRIESTS!  THEY LIVE ON MISSION GROUNDS BUILT BY  THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MT. THEY  ALSO SERVE THE PARISH OF SANTO TOMAS APOSTLE, OF THE MISSION OF THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MT.  THIS PARISH CHURCH IS IN THE COMMUNITY OF XOJOLA, NAHUALA, DIOCESE OF SOLOLA, GUATEMALA, CEN...