Clinica MAXEÑA 2018

                                                                       OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL, IN OUR MISSION AREA, OF GUATEMALA                                                                   " LA ASUNCIÓN"                   THIS LAST WEEK,  STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FRIENDS CELEBRATED THE                      22ND ANNIVERSARARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF OUR MISSION´S   SCHOOL.                   " LA ASUNCIÓN"!  THE PASTOR, PADRE TOMAS, CELEBRATED MASS WITH                       TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND FRIENDS.  THREE SISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST                    LIVE IN THE INSTITUTE WITH BOARDING STUDENTS.  THEY SHARE THEIR                    TALENT AND FAITH.  MIGUEL SAC CHOX IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE                    INSTITUTE, AND TOMAS TAMBRIZ ECOQUIY COORDINADOR. THERE ARE                    227 STUDENTS!  I ATTENDED THE CELEBRATION WITH PADRE TOMAS.                     LA ASUNCIÓN WAS  FOUNDED 22 YEARS AGO BY PADRE  "SANTIAGO                     H

                                                                                                                      PRIMER  INFANCÍA                                                           PASTORAL OF HEALTH                 T HIS PROGRAM IS NOT A NEW TEACHING, BUT FOR THE CLINICA                 MAXEÑA IT IS A NEW, "IMPORTANT SHARING" OF CARE OF INFANTS.                 IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL AND ECUMENICAL PROGRAM.  IT BEGAN IN A                            CONVERSATION BETWEEN A CARDENAL AND A REPRESENTATIVE  OF                 UNICEF, IN A MEETING OF THE ONU, ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED                                NATIONS.  IT " IS REFERRED TO AS  A HISTORY OF LOVE.  IT BEGAN IN                 1982.  IT'S PURPOSE IS THAT "CHILDREN HAVE LIFE, AND                 LIFE IN ABUNDANCE"!  IT IS A HISTORY IS "OF LOVE", FROM ITS                 FOUNDATION.                 PRIMER INFANCIA IN GUATEMALA IS PART OF PASTORAL HEAL

                                                      " ADIOS PADRE ANTONIO"                                                                                    19 de August. 2018 FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THIS WEEKEND WAS SAD IN  OUR PARISH, AS PADRE ANTONIO, DEPARTED AFTER A SHORT TIME, LESS THAN 2 YEARS, HE WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER PARISH; HE WAS A GREAT FRIEND TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH. THE PARISH CHURCH WAS PACKED AT MASS, LAST NIGHT, TO BID HIM ADIOS!! PADRE ANTONIO STANDS IN FRONT OF THE CRUCIFIX!    THE PRIEST WHO WILL COME IN HIS POSITION,   PADRE MARIO, IS FROM SAME ORDINATION CLASS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE FOUR PRIESTS SERVING THIS VERY IMMENSE PARISH.  THE PARISH  INCLUDES  SANTO TOMAS APOSTLE PARISH AND THE BOCA COAST PARISH, WHICH COVERS OVER 100 MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SOLOLA AFTER MASS THE YOUTH GATHERED IN THE PARISH MISSION MEETING PLACE TO BID HIM "ADIOS".  IT LASTED INTO THE NIGHT. HE LEFT THIS MORNING.  HE WILL BE CLOSER TO

                THANK YOU FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THE CLINICA MAXEÑA                                   AND OUR GUATEMALA MISSION, SINCE 1964        FRIENDS AND FAMILY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GENEROUS DONATIONS        TO THE CLINICA MAXEÑA!!  TIMES ARE DIFFICULT.  THERE IS NO WORK FOR        THE POOR, COFFEE PRICES ARE AT ALL TIME LOW.  THE CLINICA MAXEÑA        SERVES MORE AND MORE WITH OUT COST.  OUR CONSULT, FOR THOSE WHO        CAN PAY, IS FOUR DOLLARS CONSULT, FOR OUR DOCTOR, PLUS MEDICINE        WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A MAYAN DOCTOR, JORGE CASTRO, WHO               SPEAKS THE  MAYAN LANGUAGE QUICHE.  ONE OF OUR SENIOR WORKERS,                     MIGUEL GUARCHAJ, INTERVIEWS THOSE WHO SAY THE CANNOT PAY.  THESE           PATIENTS ARE GIVEN CHARITY OR CREDIT.  SOME GIVE A FEW DAYS  WORK ON           THE MISSION PROPERTY.       OUR LABORATORY TECHNICIAN. LORENZO, IS PROFESSIONAL. OUR DIRECTOR              OF OUR CLINIC IS A GUATEMALAN PROFESSIONAL NURSE, MAGDALÍ GU

                                           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 THRE

                         IMPORTANT THEME IN PASTORAL HEALTH                      "CLINICA MAXEÑA",  "SAN FRANCISCO ASSISI" IN ALL AREAS OF OUR WORLD THE THEME OF PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT.  THE CLINICA  MAXEÑA HAS GIVEN ADVICE AND PROMOTED THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT SINCE OUR BEGINNING. THE ENVIRONMENT IS ONE OF THE MAIN THEMES OF PASTORAL DE SALUD OF THE DIOCESE, THE CHURCH, ALL OF SOCIETY AND OF OUR CLINIC. IN THE ENCICLICAL, "LAUDATO SÍ ", OF POPE FRANCES, PROPOSES PRAYERS, REFLECTIONS  AND ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE PLANET HE CREATED. POPE FRANCIS ADVICE FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES!                PREVENT THE USE OF PLASTIC AND OF PAPER                REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION OF WATER                 SEPARATE THE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC                COOK ONLY THE NECESSARY QUE PUEDE COMER                USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHEN POSSIBLE                CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER                PLANT

                                                             "PASTORAL DE SALUD"                                                        "PASTORAL DE PRIMER INFANCIA"                          THESE TWO PROGRAMS ARE WHAT IDENTIFIES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH´S                       MISSION OF IDENTITY AND ACCOMPANIEMENT OF WALKNG WITH  IT¨S            MEMBERS, IN "FAITH AND HEALTH CARE," FROM PREGNANCY TO DEATH!            IT REPRESENTS THE EVANGELIZING ACTION OF ALL "THE PEOPLE OF GOD"!.                    THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IT´S GUIDE, TO PROMOTE, CARE FOR, DEFEND AND                    CELEBRATE LIFE!  THESE PROGRAMS MAKE PRESENT IN SOCIETY, THE                 SAVING MISSION, OF CHRIST IN THE WORLD, OF HEALTH CARE.  PASTORAL                     HEALTH AND CARE OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN ARE DIOSCESEAN            PROGRAMS THAT GUIDES PARTICIPANTS OF HEALTH CARE, "HOW TO BE                           LEADERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF