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
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
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