FRANCISCAN MISSION OUTREACH + ACTIVITY REPORT + SEPTEMBER 2015

FRANCISCAN MISSION OUTREACH + PO BOX 1086 + SEACAUCUS, NJ 07096-1086 + TEL 718-618-4511 franciscanmissionoutreach@gmail.com + www.facebook.com/franciscanmissionoutreach

CAMEROON

G H A N AAFRICA: June 8-25, 2015:

Fr. Herald Brock, CFR and Br. Tansi Ibisi, CFR together with lay Missioners of Christ Jus@n Gauthier, Carol Restaine and Ashley Basso traveled to Ghana and Cameroon to lead Eucharis@c youth retreats in the Dioceses of Ho and Kumbo. In Ghana, our team collaborated with the Franciscan Friars of Africa and youth chaplain Fr. Kizito Pessekuma to provide for the 300+ youth who aNended a “break-through” experience of Jesus in the Eucharist that at one point erupted into pure jubila@on. That experience was repeated in Cameroon for the 200+ par@cipants in the retreat coordinated by youth chaplain Fr. Paul Verla and lay missionaries Eric and Logan Horne. In addi@on, we were able to greet the bishops of both dioceses, visit a leper seNlement in Ghana and the Shisong Cardiac Centre and an orphanage for small children in Cameroon. It was an amazing experience on the con@nent of life and joy.

HONDURAS: May 2015: May was a busy month for Fr. Herald in Honduras. The first ten days aYer his arrival on May 5 he helped fill in for a priest who was ill. Then came the patronal feast of San Isidro, followed by a trip to the mountains of La Paz for youth forma@on. On May 21 he par@cipated in the Fes@val of the Spirit at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish with Missioners of Christ, then visited the Island of U@la for Pentecost. May ended with a week of evangeliza@on culmina@ng with a Pan de Vida retreat at the Ceiba campus of the Catholic University conducted with the help of the CFRs and Missioners from Comayagua.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Aug 4 - Sep 15: Honduras

• End of Summer retreat for Missioners of Christ • Mission trips to the islands of Guanaja and U@la

• Sep 24 - 26: Pope Francis in New York

• Oct 27 - Dec 3: Honduras

• Retreat for personnel of Catholic University • Missionary forma@on with Missioners of Christ

• Dec 5 - 9: Parish Mission (loca@on TBA)

WHAT WE’VE DONE WITH YOUR HELP: In the past year, in addi@on to the direct ac@vi@es described in Emissary, FMO has been able to:

• Cosponsor a total of 14 pa@ents for heart surgery at the Cardiac Centre, Shisong, Cameroon

• Assist with the rebuilding of a house for religious brothers in Beausejour-Leogane, Hai@.

• Provide for the construc@on of a home for des@tute children and elderly in Paidha, Zumgo, Uganda.

• Help a family fleeing violence in Africa reach safety, reunite and reseNle in the US.

• Support a South Sudanese priest studying peace-building and South Sudanese sisters serving in Juba.

• Contribute to new windows in the St. Anthony Shelter for Renewal, Bronx, New York.

Our missionary efforts depend on your spiritual and financial support. Please pray for us and know that you are remembered in our prayers. Tax-deduc>ble dona>ons to support the life, ministries and missionary efforts of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal can be made out to “Franciscan Mission Outreach,” and sent to

FRANCISCAN MISSION OUTREACH PO BOX 1086 SECAUCUS, NJ 07096-1086

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