Faith Cafe

The Filipino Community will serve at the Faith Cafe this Sunday, May 24, 2009, from 3:30 PM to 8:00 PM. The host groups are the Filipino Community Choir and the Filipino Core Team. You are invited to come and serve our least fortunate brothers and sisters in Christ in the Beaverton area. Kindly click this website http://h-t.org/documents/FaithCafeArticle.pdf for more information.

Mission to visit the Teresa Charities in the Philippines

Last February 14th, the parishioners of "Our of Sorrow" Parish in Portland organized a fundraising event to benefit the Mission of Teresa Charities, their program for the elderly and homeless kids in the Philippines. This Home of charity was established in 2006, in Barangay Central Quezon City . The program is benefiting 130 elderly and 150 homeless kids. As a result of their fundraising, it is inspiring to know that seven Filipinos, one Vietnamese deacon and three caucasians are going to visit the place. They are leaving on March 17th and will stay until the 30th in the PI. Marivic is asking the community for our prayers. Kindly include the following people in your prayers: Marivic Tupaz, Marina Logue, Melba and Krystel Ganaban, Luisa del Rosario, Rhona Marker and Betty Chen (from Seattle) most of them are from Our Lady of Sorrows. Deacon An Vu is the Deacon of OLS, Kathleese and David Matroieni and Donna Blando Montanez are the others.

We wish Marivic and her company a joyful and spirit filled trip to the Philippines and hopefully will see the beauty of our homeland and the hospitality of our people. May God be in your journey as you reach out to our marginalized kababayans with compasionate hearts. May Christ keeps you safe and protected all over the land.

Aguman Medical Mission 2009

Aguman Capampangan NW USA is an organization that regularly sponsors medical and dental mission in various Capampangan communities in the Philippines. This year, they launched a Medical and Dental Mission in 8 towns of Pampanga, 2 in Tarlac, 2 in La Union and 1 in Bulacan starting from January 4th until the 17th. Aguman procured the medicines and vitamins worth $5000.00 from World Medical Relief, Inc from Detroit, Michigan and $2,500 children medicines to a Pharmaceutical Company in the Philippines. They were granted with 100% match for the medicines. The medicines that were bought here in the US were sorted and shipped through balikbayan boxes to the respective towns in four provinces. The president of the Medical Mission Rudy Alejandrino said, few months in advance they have to coordinate the events with the local goverment officials to ensure assistance from the local doctors and dentists who serve in the health department to help them in their mission. He went to the Philippines a week ahead of his team to make sure the medicines arrived on time and check to see if the doctors and dentists from each town are ready to go.

The 13 towns they visited were Paombong Bulacan, Concepcion and Tarlac City, Tarlac, San Juan and Aringay, La Union, Masantol, Macabebe, Santo Thomas, Bacolor, Angeles City, Lubao, Guagua, and Santa Rita, Pampanga. There were total of 5320 recipients, 80% received medical treatments and 20 % received dental treatments. Aside from Rudy, the other Medical / Dental team members who accompanied him were Dentist Luz Tulipat, Frida Alejandrino, Rose de Jesus, Mary Balino, Bert & Linda Ocampo, Mr. Simeon Mamaril, Marita and Arturo Villanueva.

Aside from the medicines, Frida Alejandrino said, they were able to give away 2000 rosaries, and several boxes of clothing for the marginalized people in the remote areas. She said, our kababayans were very much appreciative and one can easily see the smiles on their faces as they received their blessings. The team was delighted on the outcome of their mission and grateful for all the people who supported them.

It is evident the medical and dental mission that the Aguman Capampangan embarked was a very successful endeavor.