YOUTH PASTORAL, OF OUR PARISH OF SANTO TOMAS, CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS! OVER 150 YOUTH OF FOUR COMMUNITIES CAME. TOGETHER, WITH MUSIC, DESSERT, GAMES AND SHARING. THE PASTOR, PADRE TOMAS, IS THEIR SPIRITUAL LEADER AND WENT DOWN TO SHARE PRAYER AND ANIMATION OF THE HOLIDAYS! OUR FOUR MAYAN PRIESTS, CELEBRATED NEW YEARS DAY MASSES AND SHARING CONTINUES IN THE PARISH OF SANTO TOMAS, AND OVER 120 MOUNTAIN MAYAN COMMUNITIES. TONIGHT THEY ARE ALL RESTING!! HAPPY NEW YEAR, FELIZ AÑO NUEVO TO ALL, AND GRACIAS TO ALL OF THE MISSION OF THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, MONTANA, IN GUATEMALA, SINCE 1964!!! HAPPY NEW AND PEACE TO ALL IN 2019!!!
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A BLIND FRIEND,WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO LIVE A FULL, JOYFUL LIFE, AND DO IT ALL, OVERCOMING ALL HARDSHIPS IS DIEGO LOPEZ, 52 YRS. DIEGO IS BLIND FROM CHILDHOOD, BECAUSE OF POVERTY AND MALNUTRI- TION, HE SUFFERED SINCE AN INFANT. WE BEGAN BY PROVIDING ADVICE, NUTRITIONAL, AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND A PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST! THE PROBLEMS WE CON FRONTED HERE ON ARRIVAL WERE OVERWHELMING. WHAT WE DID NOT LACK WAS FAITH, LOVE IN FAMILIES AND A DESIRE TO REACH OUT FOR HELP FROM OTHERS! THE CLINICA MAXEÑA WAS TO SERVE THE POOR,TO FIND JUSTICE, AND CURES FOR THE MANY WHO CONTINUED TO
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OLDEST DAUGHTER BECOMES A MOTHER! MOTHER DIED IN CHILDBIRTH, FATHER ABANDONED FAMILY! 7 CHILDREN A FAMILY NOW! MANUELA WAS 16 YEARS OLD; SHE BECAME MOM TO HER SIBLINGS WHEN DAD LEFT! "THE FATHERS´S" DAD GIFTED THIS FAMILY HOUSE HE DID NOT NEED. THE MISSION HAS HELPED TO FIX HOUSE, PROVIDE FURNITURE, AND HELP PROVIDE THIS FAMILY FOOD NEEDED. THANK YOU "MANUELA" FOR BEING MOM TO YOUR SIBLINGS AND MAKING THEM YOUR LIFE! THE NEXT OLDEST SON BECAME THE DAD! AND WORKS IN THE FIELD.
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GOOD NIGHT FROM ALL US FURRY FRIENDS AT CLINIC! WE ARE MANY FURRY ONES WHO ARE PART OF CLINIC! "MASCOTS". FIVE DOGS! TWO CATS! ONE ROOSTER AND ONE HEN, AND THIRTY TWO BUNNIES!!! SHEILA IS GIFTING A PROJECT OF ORGANIC PONEDORES AND THE EGGS ARE FOR THE MAL- NOURISHED CHILDREN IN OUR PROJECT OF MALNOURISHED CHILDREN! NO CHICKENS YET! THE BUNNIES DO MULTIPLY AND WE ARE SELLING THEM BY COUPLES TO INTERESTED WORKERS! MEET THE FAMILY!!
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE MISSION!! GOOD EVENING. MUCH JOY AND LOVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS! WE ARE ALSO CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF SAINT THOMAS, PATRON SAINT OF OUR PARISH AND TOWN! I HAVE PUT UP CHRISTMAS EARLY! I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS IS MY HOME. THE TREE I BROUGHT FROM BUTTE, MONTANA. IT WAS MY MOM´S. THIS IS MYSELF AND COCO, MY BEST FRIEND, A COCKER SPANIEL, NOW 10 YEARS OLD!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ALL OF US AT THE MISSION. WE ARE FOUR MAYAN PRIESTS, SHEILA AND COCO!!!
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OUR MISSION IS LOCATED, IS SANTO TOMAS LA UNION! FEAST DAYS ARE CELEBRATED WITH GREAT PRESECE. THOUSANDS COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS. OUR PARISH CHURCH IS SAINT THOMAS APOSTLE. THE STATUE IS PLACED IN NEW ATTIRE, WITH FLOWERS AND SATIN ROBE, IN THE FRONT OF THE SANCTUARY. ADORATION BEGINS THE NINE DAYS BEFORE, WITH CANDLES, AND PRAYERS. THE DAY OF SAINT THOMAS IS DECEMBER 21ST. MASS IS CELEBRATED USUALLY BY OUR BISHOP AND PASTOR. THERE WILL BE NIGHTLY PROCESSIONS. THE STATUE WITH FLOWERS IS PLACED ON A CARRIER AND CARRIED BY THROUGH ALL THE STREETS OF TOWN SIX TO EIGHT MEN.
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PASTORAL SOCIAL, PARA EL ELDERLY! CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION TODAY, WAS THE CELEBRATION OF THE DAY, CHRISTMAS PARTY, GIFTS, BY PASTORAL SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY. A DELICIOUS LUNCH, PLUS A TAMALE TO TAKE HOME. IT ALSO INCLUDED MANY CHRISTMAS GIFTS, AND A FOOD BASKET TO TAKE HOME. THE ELDERLY CAME ALONE, SOME WITH FAMILY AND A FRIEND. SOME WALKED WITH CANE, ADULT CHILDREN ACCOMPANING, OR THEY CAME IN A TOWN SMALL TAXI. THESE TAXIS COST, TWENTY FIVE CENTS. THEY LEFT SMILING AND GRATEFUL. SISTER MARY WADDELL, BVM AND SISTER ANNA, BVM, RIP, STARTED PASTORAL SOCIAL. WE ARE DELIGHTED IT CONTINUES WITH JOY AND SUCCES. I INCLUDE SOME PHOTOS!!
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A BEAUTIFUL TALENT OF THE WOMEN THE TALENT OF WEAVING ON HOME MADE IS TAUGHT FROM MOTHER TO DAUGHTER. MANY OF THEM HAVE NEVER GONE TO SCHOOL. MOTHER TEACES DAUGHTER! MANY ARE FOR THEIR OWN WEAR BUT THERE ARE SOME WOMEN WHO SELL THEM IN THE TOWN MARKETS IN THIS TOWN MARKET DAY IS SUNDAY, AND HUNDREDS CAN BE FOUND. THEY SELL THEM FOR MUCH LESS THAN THEIR WORTH. AT OUR RECENT CHRISTMAS PARTY, A MOTHER HOLDING HER INFANT HAD ONE OF THE MORE GORGEOUS BLOUSES I HAVE SEEN. I NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HER WHAT VILLAGE SHE WAS FROM. THE IMAGE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE IS PRICELESS. I WANT TO SHARE THIS BEAUTUL WOVEN BLOUSE. MOTHERS TEACH THEIR DAUGHTERS TO WEAVE SO
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BUE N VIVIR THE GOOD LIFE WE FIRST MADE OUR BOOTH FOR SELLING SNACK FOODS A FEW YEARS AGO.. IT WAS MADE FROM BAMBOO AND BANNANA LEAVES I T IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE CLINIC. SNACKS ARE NATIVE AND ORGANIC. WE ALSO USE THE SPACE TO EDUCATE AND ANNOUNCE WHAT SNACKS WE ARE SELLING. WORKERS HEALTH TALKS AND ALSO EVENTS HAPPENING IN HEALTH. THE AUDIENCE IS MOSTLY PATIENTS WAITING DOCTORS OR LAB. WE RECENTLY REBUILD IT WITH WOOD AND MORE ATTRACTIVE. WE AWAIT YOUR VISIT, CONSULT OR PURCHASE.!
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CHRISTMAS IS IN THE AIR! TODAY THE CLINICA MAXEÑA HAD ITS FIRST CHRISTMAS FIESTA IN OUR CLINIC MEETING ROOM. OVER 150 MOTHERS AND INFANTS CAME! THEY WERE PART OF A PASTORAL HEALTH PROGRAM THAT OUR NURSE MAGALI STARTED. THERE WAS LAUGHTER, A SNACK, CANDY AND SMALL TOYS. ALL WENT HOME HAPPY. THANK YOU MAGALI FOR ORGANIZING THIS. DONATE TO THE CLINICA MAXEÑA! GUATEMALA MISSION, CLINICA MAXEÑA, P.O. BOX 1729 HELENA, MONTANA, 59624!
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THIS INFANT CAME A LONG DISTANCE TO SEEK HELP FROM THE EYE SURGEONS, WHO RECENTLTY TREATED PATIENTS IN OUR CLINIC . THE CHILD WAS AN INN PATIENT SOME.TIME. IN THE CLINIC IN THE CITY BUT LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION COMPLETED THEY HAD BEEN SEARCHING DIFFERENT CLINICS FOR CARE . HE DID SPEND A FEW WEEKS IN THE CHILDREN´S CANCER CLINIC IN THE CITY. THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE FOR FAULT OF MONEY OR MIS- UNDERSTANDING. WE KNOW WELL THE CLINIC AND DOCTORS AND THEY WERE PLEASED WE LOCATED THEM. HE HAS RECEIVED HIS FIRST CHEMOTHERAPY. HE HAS HAD SEVERAL TESTS AND WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AND PROVIDED ASSISTANCE FOR CARE NEEDED. THIS IS A WONDERFUL HOSP