Clinica MAXEÑA 2018

              BIG CELEBRATION FOR ASUNCIÓN,           EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FE           AND ALEGRÍA, "JESUIT SPONSOR"           FOR  OUR INSTITUTE!  32 YEARS!!          "A WALK OF OVER 200 STUDENTS           FROM THE  "CLINICA MAXEÑA" OF           THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MT.!!                  3KM, TO THE SCHOOL.  "COCO"           WAS THE LEADER OF THE GROUP!                   PADRE SANTIAGO HAZELTON IS             THE FOUNDER OF THE INSTITUTE             ASUNCION, AND ALSO ONE OF                      THE FIRST MISSIONARIES OF                        THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MT               IN GUATEMALA! BLESSINGS!!                                   THANK YOU!!     

                                                                                                  THE GIFT OF SIGHT            MANY GIFTS WE TAKE FOR                           GRANTED!  EYE SIGHT IS ONE!            CAN YOU IMAGININE WHAT IT IS            TO BE BLIND; NOT TO SEE THE                     WORLD AROUND YOU.  THIS IS             IS THE WORLD OF MANY!            TO HAVE SEEN ONCE, AND THEN              NO MORE!  SUCH IS THE REALITY             OF PERSONS WHO HAVE  CATAR-              ACTS, AND DO NOT HAVE THE                       MEANS TO RESOLVE THIS HEALTH            PROBLEM!!            THE CLINICA MAXEÑA MAKES             THIS POSSIBLE.  FOR 30 YEARS            THE CLINICA MAXEÑA HAS                           HOSTED OTHALMOLOGISTS            FROM MONTANA AND CALIFORNIA            TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.  IF                     THE PATIENT CAN  PROVIDE SOME            FINANCIAL ASSIST THIS MAKES             POSSIBLE FOR OTHERS.  THE         

                                                                                      HOLY WEEK ENDS       TODAY THE PREPARATION FOR         THE RESURECTION OF JESUS!      MASS TONIGHT, CHRIST HAS BEEN      CRUCIFIED! HIS BODY HANGS ON               THE CROSS   IN CHURCHES                             THROUGHOUT THE  WORLD!       FOR MANY, IT IS ALSO THE CUSTOM          TO GO TO THE BEECHES. BUSES LEFT       AT DAWN!  PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY.                                                         t

            HOLY WEEK HAS BEGUN! PROCESSION EN TODAS         COMMUNITIES, CHURCHES, AND FAMILY HOMES!         CHAPELS, CHURCHES SPECIAL DECORATIONS,                SHARING PRAYER, WORKING TOGETHER TO          FIND NATURAL DECORATIONS, SONG AND                          PRAYER TO SHARE THE FAITH OF THE PASSION,              AND DEATH OF JESUS FOR OUR SINS!                              BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS ADORN THE STREETS          CHURCHES AND HOMES.                   

            THIS PAST WEEK THE CLINICA MAXEÑA CELEBRATED THIRTY YEARS             OF EYE SURGERIES, MOSTLY CATARACTS.  WE HONORED DR JOSEPH                          KUPKO,  ONE OF THE FOUNDER OPTHAMOLOGIST  WITH OTHERS IN             1989!  THERE ARE TWO jORNADAS EACH YEAR!  WE ADVERTISE FOR             ALL WITH THIS NEED.  SINCE THE BEGINNINGS, THOSE WITH FINANCIAL                  NEED HAVE NOT PAID THE $100. REQUESTED, FOR CATARACT SURGERY.                   THEY ARE  INTERVIEWED  BY "MIGUEL", A WORKER OF THE CLINIC FOR                  MORE THAN 50 YEARS.   EXTRA FUNDS PAY FOR EXTRA WORKERS, IN THE                KITCHEN, OPERATING ROOM, IN CONSULT AND AS TRANSLATORS.  THERE             ARE CARETAKERS 24 HOURS FOR THOSE OPERATED.  NIGHT GUARDS ALSO             ARE PRESENT FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS.  THEIR POST OP CARE IS BY               A GUATEMALAN OPTHALMOLOIST WHO WORKS WITH US IN THIS                               PROJECTS.  ONE OR TWO OF NURSES ACCOMPANY THE P

                        EYE SURGEON TEAM COMES TO                                 CLINICA MAXEÑA         TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY FOR          EYE OPERATIONS UNTIL NOVEMBER!      A SUCCESSFUL WEEK OF CATARACTS,       LASER TREATMENTS, REMOVAL OF               TISSUE REMOVAL FROM THE CORNEAS       WAS A SUCCESS OF MORE THAN 50               CASES A DAY.  THE SURGERIES ARE OF       LOW COST OR NO CHARGE!  THIS IS       THE THIRITETH YEAR SINCE THEY                 BEGAN!  THE PIONEER OF THIS                       PROJECT, OVER 30 YEARS AGO, WAS       DOCTOR JOSEPH KUPKO, OF MONTANA!      WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THIS      ANNIVERSARY IN HIS HONOR AND              WITH HIS PRESENCE! THANK YOU FOR         YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CLINICA                     MAXEÑA!  SEND DONATIONS TO                     DIOCESE OF HELENA; P.O. BOX 1729,              HELENA, MT. 59624