The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal has generously offered to receive donations for the Vincentian Mission in El Alto Bolivia.
Here are the two easy ways to donate:
ONLINE:
1. Browse to: http://www.cammonline.org/index.php?/donate/donate-now or click the “DONATE NOW!” balloon above!
2. Enter your Gift Amount.
3. In the box provided for “Comments / Special Instructions,” enter a donation category:
“Bolivia-General” for an unrestricted gift
“Bolivia-Church” for the church construction project VIEW A SKETCH!
“Bolivia-Education” to support Mocomoco college students READ ABOUT IT!
“Bolivia-Mission” to support the Vincentian Marian mission project READ ABOUT IT!
“Bolivia-Formation” to support the Vincentian Online Formation project READ ABOUT IT!
You will receive an email thank you for tax purposes.
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Okay, you knew it was coming:
Project: Build a Church for Wilacala — an Aymara community of the Altiplano. Materials: $8,000.00. Labor: us.
Project: Misión San Pedro 2010: deliver solid Catholic formation and spread devotion to Our Lady in a six-month, far-flung mobile mission. Materials: $4,700.00.
Project: Misión San Vicente 2011-2015: deliver Vincentian formation via a mobile internet platform and satellite connection over a five year period in the Parish of San Pedro, Mocomoco, and to 25 VERY rural communities without telecommunications or electricity. Materials, equipment, and first 18 months of connectivity: $19,925.00 (paid for by the Vincentian Mission Award. We won!). Continuing connection: $5,400.00 / year.
Project: Send Aymaran youth to a good college: Costs for tuition and materials: $628.00 per year (I know, it sounds impossible, but it’s beyond the reach of our folks without help).
You can read the project descriptions and the church plans will be posted soon! Click the “DONATE NOW!”balloon to help out…
Kids! We took them on Saturday day trip for some fun and fellowship. It was all part of a long and wonderful week. We started off with a reunion of the mission team: Fathers Diego y Cyril, Snras. Violetta and Flora (pastoral assitants of Italaque and Mocomoco, respectively) and yours truly. I took a few pictures. We had a wonderful celebration of the culmination of the “Year of the Priest”, with Mass followed by a festive supper in the parish of Italaque. And to top it off, today I received a beautiful card from Sr. Mary Louise Shulas, Mrs. Scamardella and class “7W’ (seventh grade) of St. Augustine of Canterbury School in Kendall Park, NJ. They’ve been praying for me all year and it’s been a wonderful support to me in my first year in Bolivia!
Monday and Tuesday was the catechist formation reunion in Escoma, where we studied and played together. Topics included inculturation, liturgical music, and local climate change responses. It was a joyful inspiring time, including prayer, Mass, and dancing in the streets!
I spent Wednesday cleaning the yard and building an “anti-dog” defense around our garbage cans. Aladino – a smart, husky-hound mix — likes to pick through the trash and put pieces all over the back yard. Thursday through Sunday was our own parish planning reunion, with our pastoral council and our catechists, studying and learning about celebrations of the Word of God, and planning the first round of Mission visits. Our six-month parish Vincentian Marian mission begins in July. In the new year, we’ll begin our follow-up rural Vincentian Marian formation program, delivered with the first ever Vincentian mobile internet/satellite platform, bringing the riches of Vinformation (translated to Spanish and Aymara) to some of the most distant communities. This will be made possible through the “Vincentian Mission Award”: we’re a winner this year!
