Monday, May 1, 2017

Kawas Mission



St. John the Baptist Chapel
Angie Village, Barangay Kawas, Municipality of Alabel, Province of Sarangani

Everlasting thanks to the donation from the children of St. Michael's School in UK, 
donation from French mission volunteers Nolwenn, Agnese, Virginie and Marie,
and the labor of the members of the Apostles of Mary Catholic Youth League 
and the Eucharistic Crusaders
and to the lot donor, Mrs. Angie Mayol

April 18, 2017:  Procession to beg for the end of the drought and to beg for the grace of conversion of the patients and their families.
Procession ends in the tent chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist. 
This chapel crashed down after a recent tornado hit it.
New chapel built to replace the tent chapel that crashed.
Thanks to the generosity of the children of St. Michael's Primary School in Burghclere, UK, under the direction of Sr. Mary Elizabeth.

Current and former members of the Apostles of Mary (including Bro. Matthias) at work. 



The rush to finish the painting before the chapel fiesta.
Legion of Mary reviewing the candidates for Baptism.

June 24, 2016:  Baptisms administered by Rev. Fr. John Timothy Pfeiffer

Consecration of the families
June 25:  wedding

The bride - newly baptized - a convert from paganism.


Make of our hearts one heart....
A happy patient enjoys the fiesta meal.
Daisy Delovio, a 15-year old member of the Eucharistic Crusade, takes charge of the fiesta program as the Master of Ceremony. 
Mothers dancing...
The Altar server poses for posterity...

   
   Thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts!

May God bless all who do us good!