Blog :: Holy apostles

Number of results 2 for holy apostles

09/04/2019 - MEDICAL MISSION TRIP FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Phil Stepanski, Mission Director for Service of Holy Apostles Parish in New Berlin, WI, writes about his Parish trip to La Sagrada Familia Parish in Sabana Yegua.

“During the first week of April, a team from Holy Apostles in New Berlin WI returned to La Sagrada Familia Parish for its 4th annual medical mission trip that specifically serves the parish´s Haitian population. This was my second trip. As the Mission Director for Service at Holy Apostles, making and maintaining outreach relationships both at home and abroad is an important part of my job. But by partnering with the Community of Saint Paul, serving our brothers and sisters at La Sagrada Familia has become so much more.

Seeing so many familiar faces. Being met with friendly smiles and hugs. Seeing true appreciation and kindness not only from those we worked with, but those we served, we were able to provide basic check-ups, vitamins, medications and self-care items to well over 150 Haitian immigrants during our three clinic days. These are basic needs that so many take for granted. But, thanks to the generosity of Holy Apostles parishioners, this group of people facing incredibly difficult circumstances have their lives made a little bit brighter. The gifts, “regalos”, that we provided were hand decorated bags and handmade cards written in Spanish and Creole. The bags included photos of those Holy Apostles families that decorated them. It was a way to personalize the gifts and show support through prayer.

We pray for the people of La Sagrada Familia often and hope that because of the connections we´ve made, that they pray for us as well. We also for the first time arranged a video chat between Holy Apostles school students and some students at La Sagrada Familia. It was a powerful way to connect young people in different parts of the world with a fun discussion about weather! We are looking forward to many more years of shared prayer and community from New Berlin, Wisconsin to Sabana Yegua. We thank you Lord for bringing us together. God Bless!”

24/10/2017 - MEDICAL CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN SABANA YEGUA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

From the 12th to the 19th of October, a group of ten people from Holy Apostles parish of New Berlin, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, visited the La Sagrada Familia parish of Sabana Yegua. Since 2013, Holy Apostles has a twinning relationship with La Sagrada Familia, which over the years has bear much fruit. In the last two years, the most significant result of this relationship between sister-churches has been the medical campaigns carried in Sabana Yegua by members of Holy Apostles, to provide specific attention to the significant population of Haitian immigrants in the parish.

This last time we had the participation of a general practitioner, a pediatrician and a dentist, who served 273 people during the three days of the clinic. One hundred and forty-one patients received general medical care for a wide variety of diseases, especially infections caused by the use of unsafe water and stress-related illnesses. Stress-related disorders are very common in the Haitian community: food insecurity, economic insecurity, housing and immigration status in the new country expose people to much tension, which is reflected in continuous headaches, backaches and stomach ailments.

Fifty-two people received dental services, such as check-ups and minor surgeries of extraction of teeth. Eighty children from the child care program carried out by the Community of Saint Paul were also reviewed and attended. Many were given preventive general and oral health treatments.

We are grateful for the enthusiasm of our friends from Holy Apostles, for their readiness to share their time and medical knowledge with us, and for wanting to contribute a bit to the task of welcoming Haitian immigrants in Sabana Yegua.

All sections | Sections | All articles | All languages |

Blog archives

09/04/2019 - MEDICAL MISSION TRIP FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

24/10/2017 - MEDICAL CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN SABANA YEGUA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Contact