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FRANCISCAN MISSION OUTREACH + PO BOX 1086 + SECAUCUS, NJ 07096-1086 + TEL: 718 -618 -4511

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HAITI: January 4 - 11, 2013:

We joined Friar Suppliers again this year for their annual mission trip to Carre-four, Hai . Our team was able to construct 150+ latrines, adding to the impactof last year s trip, which produced a remarkable drop in cholera. The medicalcon ngent saw nearly 1200 pa ents, and about 500 families received food.This year the CFR Sisters added an evangeliza on dimension, visi ng homesand praying with families, and there was another bap sm, too! We also visiteda new inland site, where we are helping poor families cul vate cassava, andwhere we may do future construc on projects.

HONDURAS: Nov - Dec 2012, Jan - Feb & Mar 2013:

We made three trips to Honduras since our last update. In November and Decem-ber, in collabora on with Missioners of Christ, we were involved with youth for-ma on and a mission trip into the indigenous mountain region of Guajiquiro. InJanuary, Missioners travelled to La Ceiba to help conduct a Pan de Vida (Bread of Life) Eucharis c youth retreat for Con rma on candidates. That visit enabled meto par cipate in local celebra ons of the Day of Consecrated Life (Feb 2) and thesolemnity of Our Lady of Suyapa, Patroness of Honduras (Feb 3). We returnedagain in March to join in the celebra ons of Holy Week and to carry out an evan-geliza on outreach to the many tourists who ock to the coast at that me calledJess en la Playa (Jesus at the Beach), involving music, dramas, videos, prayer andac vi es for children; it was extremely well received. With the support of Francis-can Mission Outreach, Missioners of Christ con nue to regularly visit the boys andyouth at the Granja Jess de Nazaret (Jesus of Nazareth Farm), and at Christmasdistributed gi s collected by my home parish of Sacred Heart, St. Marys, PA.

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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES:

At the request of Bishop Michael Lenihan, OFM, most of ourmissionary ac vity this year will take place in the Diocese of LaCeiba, Honduras and will include evangeliza on e orts, spiritu-al forma on, programs for youth and young adults, welcomingvisi ng mission teams, and developing outreach to the poor.We will also be collaborating closely with Missioners of Christ.

Honduras: Apr 20 - Jun 30, Jul 30 - Sep 30

Our missionary e orts depend on your spiritual and nancial support. Please pray for us! Tax -deductible donations tosupport the life, ministries and missionary outreach of theFranciscan Friars of the Renewal can be made out to Franciscan Mission Outreach and sent to :

Franciscan Mission Outreach

PO Box 1086Secaucus, NJ 07096 -1086

Thank you! You are in our prayers!

AFRICA:

South Sudan: Nigerian Missionary of St. Paul Fr. Chris has now been joined by his con-frere Fr. Noel in serving at the House of Mercy (rebuilt by FMO) in Torit, South Sudan. Ugan-dan lay missionary Dennis Kiyimba assists them. They con nue to use the Toyota Land Cruis-er and other equipment and resources provided by FMO to evangelize remote rural commu-ni es. In December they traveled with seven youth to a retreat at Emmaus Center in Ugan-da. In January, with the help of Dr. Will Stallings of Virginia, FMO was able to provide a blood

analyzer to St. Theresa Hospital in Isohe, South Sudan. Tragically, Bishop Akio JohnsonMutek of Torit died suddenly in March; the diocese mourns his loss and awaits a new pastor.

Zimbabwe and Ethiopia: With the help of a generous benefactor and contacts in Zim-babwe, FMO was able to o er substan al support to the Mutemwa Leper Community andMother of Peace Orphanage towards a transformer that will allow them to pump waterfrom a nearby reservoir. FMO will sponsor a priest and four lay people from the Archdioceseof Addis Ababa to a end a leadership seminar at Emmaus Center in Uganda and experience

rst hand the vitality of lay movements in that country.

UNITED STATES:

YOUTH 2000 New York: Franciscan Mission Outreach worked with the leaders andteam of YOUTH 2OOO New York to develop a new Face to Face format. The Eucharis cyouth retreats now take place in a space surrounded by large banners featuring photographsof the faces of saints and Scripture quotes that correspond to the Face to Face theme. Newcollaborators include New Name Catholic worship team and speakers from Corazn Puro(Pure Heart) La no youth chas ty outreach. Face to Face launched in September to an over-whelmingly posi ve response, and has had several events since. FMO con nues to o er spir-itual forma on to members of the local YOUTH 2OOO New York team, and is helping to organ-ize a Y2NY Year of Faith summer pilgrimage to the birthplace of newly canonized St. KateriTekakwitha in Auriesville, NY on her feast day, July 14.

Other Activities: Franciscan Mission Outreach has been involved with parish missions atSt. Luke s Parish, Ocean City, MD, St. Rita and Holy Family Parishes, Staten Island, NY and OurLady of Fa ma Parish, Scarsdale, NY, as well as providing Lenten assistance at St. Faus na sParish, Clermont, FL.

Franciscan Mission Outreach is overjoyed at theelec on of Pope Francis: a La no from a develop-ing country, a man of humility and simplicity, amerciful pastor who desires a poor Church for thepoor, a Church willing to go out to others to bearwitness and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Please visit the FMO blog at:

www.franciscanmissionoutreach.blogspot.com

And make email contact at:

franciscanmissionoutreach@ gmail.com