FRANCISCAN MISSION OUTREACH + ACTIVITY REPORT + SEPTEMBER 2015

GHANA
AFRICA: 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.

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HONDURAS: May 2015:

May was a busy month for Fr.
Herald in Honduras. The rst ten
days aYer his arrival on May 5 he
helped ll 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 WEVE 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 eeing violence in Africa reach safety,
reunite and reseNle in the US.
Support a South Sudanese priest studying peacebuilding and South Sudanese sisters serving in Juba.
Contribute to new windows in the St. Anthony Shelter
for Renewal, Bronx, New York.

Our missionary eorts depend on your spiritual and nancial 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
eorts of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal can be made out to
Franciscan Mission Outreach, and sent to
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PO BOX 1086
SECAUCUS, NJ 07096-1086
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