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MISSION HONDURAS 2014ST. ANTHONY OF PADUACATHOLIC CHURCH
PLANNING MEETING APRIL 3, 2014
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HOUSEKEEPING
Roll call and commitment level assessment
New applicants
Summary of the last two trips to Honduras in Feb and March
• 2 marriages and 4 baptisms in Mirador
• La Colonia is now also preparing families for the Sacraments
Website
MISSION STATEMENT
To fortify the mission already begun by Franciscan University by helping to continue the journey of building the Catholic Faith, the development of high moral standards, the development of good medical and dental health practices and improvement to the general well being of the people of La Colonia and Mirador in Northeastern Honduras.
MISSION STATUS
Confirmed mission date: departing Saturday, October 4th. Returning Saturday the 11th
Confirmed Sacramental and Catechetical content via Fr. Felipe
Awaiting guidelines from the medical team to decide our capabilities
Both communities are preparing for our arrival
Campamento & TB confirmed – Max 56 people
Need to move forward with fundraising ASAP
The Franciscan School and its families have offered to host us in San Pedro Sula
• We will either sleep at the school or in host family homes
Campamento Resort has room for 28 people
Tranquility Bay has room for 28 people
Teams will be split (by team if possible) into these two facilities
WHERE WE WILL STAY
DAILY MISSION
On a daily basis• Teaching morality and
English to the school children• Ongoing improvements to
the church buildings and grounds
• Medical and dental clinics in the morning
• Medical & dental health teachings to all
• Teachings on the Sacraments to the Catholic children in the afternoons
OUR AWAY TEAMS
Sacramental
• Daily mass, anointing the sick, blessing homes, confessions, baptisms, marriages
Catechetical
• Morning morality & English teaching, afternoon teaching on the Sacraments
Medical/Dental
• Daily clinics, daily health lessons,
Logistics
• Support for all aspects of the mission
OUR TEAMS
All team members will participate in:
• Improvements to Church buildings & grounds
• Daily mass• Community Meals
Remember that each team is split in two with half going to Mirador and half in La Colonia
Each team should discern two leaders with one being responsible for each community.
THE HOME TEAM
The part of the team that “sends” the rest
Fundraising from parish community
Logistical support at home
• Gathering of materials• Purchasing of goods
Preparation of activities and associated supplies for the children
FUNDRAISING
Each missionary must raise at least $2,000
Additional funds through parish family donations.
Fundraising goal = $200,000
Each missionary should “raise” their own funds by inviting others into your mission
• Those that send and those that go
THE NEEDS
4x4 pickup for Fr. Felipe
Medical & Dental equipment for Finca Clinic
Raise the roof on Mirador chapel
Signs for the front of each chapel
Generators and associated spare parts, etc.
Lighting
Traveling medical and dental equipment
LA COLONIA CHAPEL
Sign for the front of the chapel
Mortar to cover the bricks
Texture to paint
Paint
Adornment of the altar
Grounds around the chapel – plants, gardens
Stations of the Cross (Fr. Stan)
Tabernacle
Walkway to the bathrooms
Shelves, etc for the sacristy
Rock Altar
MIRADOR CHAPEL
Concrete floor in sacristy
Sign for the front of the chapel
Raise the roof 18”
Raised altar area
Altar
Drainage in front of the church
Addition of bathrooms (missionary’s use, too)
Painting and beautification of building and grounds
SACRAMENTAL TEAM
Secure 4 priests for the trip (Fr. Tim, Fr. Luta, Fr. Tom(?)+ 1)
Prepare liturgy books
Mass kits x 2
Oils for baptisms and anointing
Prayer teams to go into homes with priests
CATECHETICAL TEAM
Discern themes for the morning morality teachings from those remaining in the document provided
Develop English lessons x 3
Discern and develop teachings on the Sacraments
Develop homily themes to coincide with the other teachings
Send a team to the FINCA everyday
Music for liturgy and P&W
MEDICAL TEAM
Determine your capabilities and establish a set of goals
Determine your needs to accomplish your goals and develop a wish list of items
Develop a set of patient protocols for check in, filing of information, etc.
• Remember that we will see these same villages again on future missions
Finca Pharmacy and Dental involvement?
MEDICAL ISSUES THAT WE KNOW/SEE
Diabetes
Cuts from machetes
Many pregnant women
Broken bones from falls
Open wounds
Develop/discern General health teachings
<discussion>
DENTAL TEAM
Extractions without suction
Can we develop a third-world tooth replacement option?
Develop/discern Dental Health teachings
Portable Equipment
FINCA Dental Clinic
Long-term ideas
SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
There are other medical and dental missions going to Trujillo (CtK in June is HUGE).
• Referrals & follow up – reciprocally • We don’t have to re-invent all of the wheels (though we are
doing what nobody else has tried)
I go down at least 4 times per year
• 2 x scouting trips• FUS and StAoP
Point is that if we coordinate our efforts, we can do more.
LOGISTICAL TEAM2 buses – to take us to and from Trujillo
4 – 4x4 trucks
Radios
Generators
Lights
Patient transport
Team member transport
Backup equipment
Fuel
Community dinner food purchases (Wed. night) x 2
Support for each team as they need it
DRAFT SCHEDULE
Friday night, October 3rd – Mission Night
• Mass + Praise & Worship, Reconciliation • Have the community pray over us• Early to bed
Saturday, 6:15am leave for the airport
• Arrive San Pedro Sula at 11:45am• Lunch in the airport, pick up trucks, change money, meet the
buses
• Take buses to local market in San Pedro Sula• 3pm – to Franciscan School
• Adoration, mass, dinner, community time• Overnight in San Pedro Sula (school or host families)
DRAFT SCHEDULE
Sunday
• Meet at Franciscan School at 7:30am• Depart for Trujillo at 8am• Lunch in La Ceiba• Arrive in Trujillo at ~4:00pm• Possible dinner with Bishop Sole and Fr. Felipe• Pack trucks for early morning supply run
DRAFT SCHEDULE
Monday
• 5am – Depart in trucks with supplies • 7:00am – Breakfast• 8:00am – Mirador Team leaves in trucks and begins mission
in Mirador• 8:00am – Mike G leads La Colonia team to FINCA for a
“come and see”• 10:00am – La Colonia Team leaves in trucks and begins
mission in La Colonia• 5pm – Trucks begin shuttle back to camp
** Option for some to stay overnight in chapels - <discussion>
DRAFT SCHEDULETuesday – Thursday
• Full days in the mission field• 6am breakfast, then shuttles to the mountain as quickly as
possible – Medical and Logistics Teams first• Lunch each day will be an individual sack lunch• Dinner at your hotel• Wednesday evening meal in the communities
Friday
• 7am breakfast • 8am depart for mass at Puerta Castilla• 5pm Arrive airport to turn in trucks, boarding passes, departure
tax• 7pm meet families at Franciscan School
Saturday – 8am meet at Franciscan School, then to airport
NEXT STEP
FUNDRAISING
• We can’t go on mission without mission funds
• Your $2,000 should be raised through Mission Partners
• You should send a Mission Update to your Mission Partners on a regular basis keeping them a part of our mission
• Your costs ~$1,430
• The goal is to have all funds for the mission raised by August 1st.
• Some funds already have to be paid out (e.g. 25% hotel deposits)
• Sample letters on the website
KEYS TO EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING
Tell your personal story of what draws you into mission
Impact – tell people what it is that we’re doing
• Show pictures of the chapels and children
• Tell how we’re trying to save a dwindling Catholic Community and improve their health and wellbeing
Ask – don’t be afraid to ask for what we need.
• Pictures and copies of this presentation will be on the website
WHAT WE NEED
Prayers
Mission Funds - $200,000 (~$130,00 from your $2k)
Mission donations of medical goods, generators, lighting, electrical cords, pharmacy goods
Chapel items – monstrance, tabernacles, chalices, patens, linens, etc.
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