Below is the Medical Mission Schedule that Chair Mike Mercurio sent to Domo...
Hello Domo,
Please be advised that our medical team will consist of nine woman and seven men. Our anticipated schedule is as follows:
March 3 - Saturday - We will arrive at Port-au-Prince on American Airlines Flight #837 at approximately 2:55 P.M. We will have about 40 pieces of luggage/shipping containers which includes carry-ons. I will rely on your expertise regarding the size and number of vehicles we will require. Please note that this arrival time is one and a half hours later than two years ago; therefore, it is most important that we leave PAP as quickly as possible.
March 4 - Sunday - We will attend the 6 A.M. Mass, have breakfast, and hope to begin setting up at 8 A.M. Our intent is to return to the Rectory around noon for lunch and return to the Convent around 1 P.M. We will work until about 5 P.M. It will be great if dinner could be served between 6:30 and 7 which will allow us a little time to freshen up and discuss the days activities.
March 5 - Monday- First thing Dr. Garvey, Dr. Maxfield and Frantz will have to be taken to the hospital in Jacmel along with those individuals who will have surgery on Monday. The other team members will be at the church treating patients, identifying additional individuals for surgery and hopefully giving the immunizations and the oral polio vaccine Dr. Garvey obtained during his recent visit. At the end of the day the three members of the surgical team will need to be transported to Deacon Hammond's home where they will be staying in the evenings until Friday morning. The remaining thirteen team members will be at the church until sometime on Friday afternoon.
March 6 - Tuesday - Dr. Garvey, Dr. Maxfield, and Frantz will have to be taken back to the hospital. The remainder of the day will be the same as Monday. New patients will have to be taken to the hospital and patients will need to be brought back to the church. The surgical team will need to be brought back to Deacon Hammond's at the end of the day.
March 7 - Wednesday - Same routine as Tuesday
March 8 - Thursday - Same routine as Tuesday
March 9 - Friday - Sometime in the afternoon all 16 team members will have to be returned to PAP where we will be guests of your family.
March 10 - Saturday - We have plenty of time on our hands as our departing AA Flight #896 does not leave until 4:10 P.M. It will be much appreciated if you can provide both breakfast and lunch.
It is my understanding that you, Father Bertrand, and others will provide crowd control. It is our hope that you can provide us an absolute minimum of 5 translators with 6 being preferred. Also, as you know, we are bringing with us 1,250 pairs of basic reading glasses and we are counting on the sisters to operate the Eye Glass Station for us.
Thank you very much, Domo, for your help with our medical mission. We are most excited about returning to Ste. Therese.
Best wishes and God's Blessings,
Mike
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Lenten Fundraiser Message to SM Parish
Greetings!
Below is the Lenten Fundraiser message from Chair Mike Mercurio that should be posted in the bulletin soon...
LENTEN FUNDRAISER FOR STE. THERESE
During this Lenten Season we are once again inviting you to consider a donation to provide clean, safe drinking water to those at our Sister Parish, Ste. Therese.
To date, we have provided Ste. Therese with 625 Water Filtration & Chlorination Systems which are serving approximately 5,000 individuals. While we cannot hear their spoken words of gratitude, or feel the warm embrace of a most sincere thank you, we can be comforted to know that over the past eighteen months we, the St. Mary community, have saved many lives and significantly improved the health and well-being of thousands of our Haitian brothers and sisters .
This is truly God's work--we are benefiting the neediest of the needy. Donations of $40 (of course, any amount is appreciated) will purchase one self-sustaining system which serves 8-10 people.
Please make your check payable to St. Mary Church with "Clean Water" noted on the memo line, and place in the collection baskets.
Please remember: We are people of Love and Faith helping people of Love, Faith, and Hope.
Below is the Lenten Fundraiser message from Chair Mike Mercurio that should be posted in the bulletin soon...
LENTEN FUNDRAISER FOR STE. THERESE
During this Lenten Season we are once again inviting you to consider a donation to provide clean, safe drinking water to those at our Sister Parish, Ste. Therese.
To date, we have provided Ste. Therese with 625 Water Filtration & Chlorination Systems which are serving approximately 5,000 individuals. While we cannot hear their spoken words of gratitude, or feel the warm embrace of a most sincere thank you, we can be comforted to know that over the past eighteen months we, the St. Mary community, have saved many lives and significantly improved the health and well-being of thousands of our Haitian brothers and sisters .
This is truly God's work--we are benefiting the neediest of the needy. Donations of $40 (of course, any amount is appreciated) will purchase one self-sustaining system which serves 8-10 people.
Please make your check payable to St. Mary Church with "Clean Water" noted on the memo line, and place in the collection baskets.
Please remember: We are people of Love and Faith helping people of Love, Faith, and Hope.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
St Mary Returns to Ste. Therese!
Greetings!
Below is an article that our Chair Mike Mercurio has submitted for the bulletin.
--------------------------------------
ST. MARY RETURNS TO STE. THERESE
The 2012 St. Mary Medical Mission will take place March 3 thru March 10.
Dr. Richard J. Garvey, a parishioner and a member of our Twinning Committee will once again be the Medical Director and he will also lead the surgical component of the mission. We wil have three MD's providing adult care, three pediatricians, and four other medical professionals who will operate our Pharmacy and provide Tetanus Immunizations.
Dr. Garvey met with Haitian Health Officials on February 7 and arranged for the immunizations to be made available to our team, A MOST RARE AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Additionally, we will have an Eye Glass Station where we hope to distribute 1,250 pairs of reading glasses. Ten of the fourteen team members are paying for their own airfare so that we will have additional monies to purchase various meds, vitamins, and supplies.
This is a most impressive undertaking of which St. Mary can be very proud of. People of love and faith helping people of love, faith, and hope.
Below is an article that our Chair Mike Mercurio has submitted for the bulletin.
--------------------------------------
ST. MARY RETURNS TO STE. THERESE
The 2012 St. Mary Medical Mission will take place March 3 thru March 10.
Dr. Richard J. Garvey, a parishioner and a member of our Twinning Committee will once again be the Medical Director and he will also lead the surgical component of the mission. We wil have three MD's providing adult care, three pediatricians, and four other medical professionals who will operate our Pharmacy and provide Tetanus Immunizations.
Dr. Garvey met with Haitian Health Officials on February 7 and arranged for the immunizations to be made available to our team, A MOST RARE AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Additionally, we will have an Eye Glass Station where we hope to distribute 1,250 pairs of reading glasses. Ten of the fourteen team members are paying for their own airfare so that we will have additional monies to purchase various meds, vitamins, and supplies.
This is a most impressive undertaking of which St. Mary can be very proud of. People of love and faith helping people of love, faith, and hope.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)