Foundation
Of Our Lady Of Peace Mission News
The Foundation Of Our Lady Of
Peace Mission Inc. is a charitable, non-political, non-profit, non-stock
organization dedicated to the total development of the poor and underprivileged
in the Philippines. For more information on FOLPMI and how you or your
organization or company can help, please visit the Foundation website at www.FOLPMI.org --
sponsored, hosted and maintained by www.TheFilipino.com. One can also contact FOLPMI President Sr
Eva Fidela Maamo, SPC, MD, directly at siseva2000@yahoo.com or telephone no: (632) 825 7653 (Our Lady of Peace
Hospital).
GlobalShare
benefits Aeta Resettlement Project in Subic
Mariechelle
"Ching" Llagas-Marbella HS’75 (mariechelle.marbella@dfait-maeci.gc.ca) is inviting
everyone to check out www.globalshare.org and learn
more about Global Share Resource Foundation -- a US tax-exempt organization
formed in Jun 2003 to assist the poor in gaining access to the literacy,
education, and skills training needed to build their communities’ economic
potential -- with headquarters at 593 Park Avenue, corner 64th Street, New York
City. GlobalShare’s beneficiaries include FOLPMI's $2.3M Aeta Resettlement and
Rehabilitation Project in Subic, Zambales, (left) and is appealing for
volunteers and donors. Foundations officers include Marie Luarca-Reyes as
Executive Director; Ching is an associate. Please visit GlobalShare's
comprehensive website and let Ching know if you have any questions. Thanks!
FOLPMI Center for Abused Children
(Sent by Nadine Niguidula SPCM HS'79.
Retired as Oracle Philippines' Director of Business Alliances for Asia, she's
Batch 79's SPCM Homecoming 2004 Program Chairperson and a very active FOLPMI volunteer.)
As part of the Street Children
Program of the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc. (FOLPMI), the
Center for Abused Children is now being completed and set to open in March
2003. FOLPMI is headed by Fr. James Reuter, SJ, Chairman and Sr. Eva Fidela
Maamo, MD, SPC, President and Executive Director.
Located at 201C Villa Carolina,
Roxas Boulevard, Paranaque City, the center is designed to house 10 girls only
and will be inaugurated in mid March. While this is just a temporary shelter,
Sr. Eva’s plan is for FOLPMI to eventually build its own center for both boys
and girls.
The foundation thrives largely
on volunteers, donations and contributions. The center needs the following
resources to give the rescued children the needed physical and psychological
rehabilitation: refrigerator, stove, water distiller system, computers, sewing
machine, sala set, tables and chairs, kitchen and dining utensils, trays, beds
and linens, wall clock, towels, dresses, underwear and other clothing, shoes
and slipper, wall frames and flower vases, bath and laundry soaps. Monthly
rental amounts to P20,000.00.
Here is another opportunity to
reach out to the less fortunate. If you have any donations or contributions or
if you want to visit the center, please contact the foundation office and look
for MS. JOY CAMPOSINA at (632) 8257653.
Thank you and may you and your
family continue to be abundant in blessings!
NADINE MARIE V. NIGUIDULA
SPCM HS Batch 79
FOLPMI Volunteer
SPCM HS’79 adopts FOLPMI Pediatric
Ward
SPCM HS'79
reps at Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Dec 2002.
In Feb 2002, SPCM HS'79 alumnae
adopted the pediatric ward of FOLPMI's Our Lady of Peace Hospital as their
batch's major community outreach commitment. They've done a lot for the ward
from then on -- visiting and cheering patients and delivering batch donations.
The photo above was taken in Dec 2002 when Girlie Garcia, Menchie Flores,
Nadine Niguidula, Ditas Abad and '79 chair Chiqui Escareal did their OLPH
holiday run.
Chiqui wrote: "Last Dec. 7,
Girlie, Menchie, Nadine, Ditas and I visited Our Lady of Peace Hospital to
donate items on behalf of our batch namely: a balikbayan box from LA which Enky
brought with her, another balikabayan box from Germany sent by Aileen (Tita T)
and a Singer colored TV set donated by Menchie's company (of course thru the
intercession of Mother Mench). It was fortunate that Sr. Eva was there to
receive us as I learned from Nadine later on that she was supposed to be
somewhere else.
It was my first time to meet Sr.
Eva and I hope all of you have the chance to meet her too. As she was
entertaining us in her office with stories of the Aetas from Zambales or the
streetchildren she takes care of, you can feel so much devotion, love, humility
in her ministry... hindi trabaho para sa kanya, napakasaya nya sa ginagawa nya
at happy din sya to know that there are other people taking time to help out
(like batch 79). When we told her nga that we intend to donate and visit
quarterly, she said to come more often even without anything to donate... I
guess we all know what that meant ... it's not just what we give, it's being
there ourselves.. and that't really the best gift we can give..." (from http://www.geocities.com/spcm_hs79/neweb/top_stories.htm )
More power and all the best,
'Niners!
FOLPMI
Newsletter, August 2002
(Sent by Sister Eva Fidela Maamo, SPC, FOLPMI President, c/o
Mariechelle Llagas-Marbella SPCM HS'75. Thanks! )
16 Aug 2002: Our Lady of Peace
Hospital -- a hospital for the poor built solely through donations of
benefactors and friends of FOLPMI -- was inaugurated. Envisioned to operate in
the spirit of social and community service, it provides underprivileged
families with decent facilities for hospitalization and treatment. It's
administered by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres and staffed by volunteers
-- doctors and nurses included. Medicine, equipment and supplies come from
donations. The Philippine government, through the Public Estates Authority, granted
a one-peso-a-year lease arrangement for 25 years to help the hospital reduce
its capital expenditure and operating expenses. (Source: http://www.pea.gov.ph )
Dear Donors, Supporters and
Friends of FOLPMI,
Thank you for all the
assistance you've provided to the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc.
(FOLPMI). I thank the Lord Almighty for all the blessings that FOLPMI has been
receiving. I also pray that you and other kind-hearted individuals and
organizations will continue to support our endeavors in whatever way you can.
I'm happy that with your help,
we've had opportunities to reach out to our less fortunate brothers and
sisters. My apologies though that we have not communicated with you for quite
sometime. We're now organizing ourselves to better serve our communities and
maximize the assistance we've been receiving. I'm also hoping that as we put
structure and processes in place, get more resources including volunteer workers,
we will be able to communicate with you more regularly. Please bear with us.
Meantime, I'm writing you now to update you on our programs and activities.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
I'm proud that there are now
one hundred thirty four (134) scholars of whom fifty three (53) are in high
school and eighty one (81) are in college. These scholars are from the
following squatter areas in Metro Manila:
Las Piñas -- Wawa, Cavite --
San Dionisio, Paranaque -- Sta. Ana, Manila -- Malate, Manila -- Under the
Bridge Paco, Manila -- Puting Bato, Navotas -- Sto. Niño, Navotas.
Another area where we have
scholars is the Aeta Resettlement Area in Gala, Subic, Zambales. Of a total of
twenty eight (28), twenty three (23) scholars are in elementary and five (5)
are in high school.
A FOLPMI
scholar who spends her free time helping at a feeding center. (Source: http://www.stveronica.net/FOLPMI.htm )
DAY CARE CENTERS
We have six (6) day care
centers in the following areas:
Sitio Puting Bato, Navotas,
Metro Manila -- Sitio Sto. Nino, Navotas, Metro Manila -- Under the Bridge,
Paco, Manila -- San Nazareno, Sta. Ana, Manila -- Wawa, Bacoor, Cavite -- Aeta
Resettlement Area, Sitio Gala, Subic, Zambales.
We have a total of two hundred
thirty five (235) children, 3-6 years old, in these day care centers. We
conduct eleven (11) classes in two (2) shifts:
8:00 to 10:00 AM - 3 to 4 years
old, Kinder 1
10:00AM to 12:00 NN - 5 to 6
years old, Kinder 2
An indigent
community served by FOLPMI south of Manila (Source: http://www.stveronica.net/FOLPMI.htm )
SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING PROGRAM
From Monday to Friday, we feed
two hundred forty three (243) children one full meal. These children are from
the six (6) Day Care Centers and other malnourished children in the areas below
three (3) years old.
The breakdown of the 289
children is as follows:
AREAS NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES
Sitio Puting Bato, Navotas 64
children
Sitio Sto. Nino Navotas 95
children
Under the Bridge, Paco, Manila
62 children
Aeta Resettlement Area, Sitio
Gala, Subic, Zambales 22 children
Thanks to the Philippine
Medical Mission of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Arlington, Virginia, USA for
funding the Feeding Center Program at Under the Bridge Paco, Manila.
The feeding
center at the Paco "under the bridge" community. (Source: http://www.stveronica.net/FOLPMI.htm )
Thank you also to the Civic and
Community Relation Group of International Monetary Fund (IMF) with the help of
the Philippine Medical Mission of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Arlington,
Virginia, USA for funding the Feeding Center Program at Puting Bato and Sto.
Nino, Navotas, Metro Manila.
In addition to feeding these
children, we also serve lunch to thirty (30) elderly at the Pope Pius X Parish
after their Friday Catechism class.
We also taught the mothers of
the children in Puting Bato and Sto. Nino, Navotas, Metro Manila how to make
peanut butter. We are now studying how to market this product and I'm really
excited and I continue to pray that we will one day see their peanut butter
displayed on the stalls in the groceries and supermarkets.
On May 2002, deworming was
conducted on the children beneficiaries of this feeding program.
SURGICAL AND MEDICAL MISSION
We conducted a surgical mission
in Sta. Cruz Mission Surallah, South Cotabato on June 2 to 9, 2002. The team
was comprised of seventeen (17) volunteer doctors and six (6) volunteer nurses.
We operated on one hundred two (102) patients from the hill tribes of South
Cotabato.
We performed "Operation
Tuli" ("circumcision") on forty two (42) children at the
Out-patient Department of the Our Lady of Peace Hospital on May 3, 2002.
Volunteer doctors came from Manila Doctor's Hospital, Philippine General
Hospital, San Juan de Dios, and Perpetual Help Medical Center.
During a medical mission held in
Paranaque City on June 15, 2002, we diagnosed and treated one thousand (1,000)
patients. Ten (10) doctors volunteered for this mission.
We likewise held a two-day
medical mission at the Our Lady of Peace Hospital on January 19-20,2002. Twenty
three (23) doctors from New Jersey, USA in coordination with Bukas Loob sa
Diyos of the Philippines diagnosed and treated two thousand one hundred (2,100)
patients. We also served food to all the patients.
PLANNING WORKSHOP
We had a planning workshop on
May 23-25, 2001 at the Conference Room of the Our Lady of Peace Hospital at the
Coastal Road, Parañaque City. This was participated by the FOLPMI staff. The
activity culminated with an outing at Volets Resort, Cavite City.
To develop the leadership
skills of the Aeta Tribal Council of the Aeta Resettlement, Barangay Sacatihan,
Sitio, Gala, Subic, Zambales, Architect Romeo O. Dueñas conducted a Leadership
Training Seminar on November 2001.
We also conducted a Spiritual
and Values Formation seminar for the Aeta Tribal Council leaders on January
8-10, 2002 in Tagaytay City. This seminar was aimed at enhancing the work
values of the leaders as they work together in the FOLPMI and in the Aeta
Resettlement Area. Fr. Kit Bautista, SJ conducted the workshop.
ASSISTANCE
Our thanks and gratitude to the
support of the following individuals and organizations:
Our Lady of Peace Mission, L.A.
California for the thirty two (32) boxes of medical and surgical supplies.
Cross-Link, Washington through
Philippine Medical Mission of Virginia for the 2 or 3 vans of medical and
surgical supplies.
St. Vincent de Paul Center of
Virginia for the fifty (50) brand new hospital beds with mattresses and linens
Organization of the Sovereign
Knights of Malta, Philippines for the hospital equipment, medicines and
surgical supplies
Ms. Beth Webb for the
ornamental plants from Tagaytay
Ms. Anita Nang for the Biscuits
given on December 2001
Crosslink International LTD for
the twelve (12) pallets of Hospital Beds and eleven (11) pallets of Medical
Supplies given on December 2001; for the the three hundred sixty six (366)
boxes of medical supplies sent on February 2002
Ateneo Alumni Alliance, USA
through Panny Gagajena, for the fifty seven (57) boxes of various relief goods
and medical supplies given on May 2002
Dr. Hedy Daolo for the dental
chairs with x-ray given through Ms.Carmelita Canoy given on June 2002
Imperial Palace through Bam
Torres for the relief goods given on June 2002
Mr. Toblas Enverga, Jr. of
Lucenta City Association of Ontario, Canada through Mrs. Dulcinea Abcede for
various medical supplies given on June 2002
Mr. Rolando Alveyra, for three
(3) boxes of adult pampers given on July 2002
Mr. Philip Recto of Midland for
the beds with mattresses given on July 2002
VISITS
Ms. Jei Roco from the Our Lady
of Peace Mission, L.A., California, USA visited the Our Lady of Peace Hospital
on June 2002. Impressed by the hospital set-up, she promised to continue to
support FOLPMI . We are truly grateful to her and the Our Lady of Peace Mission,
LA, California, USA.
We are also privileged to have
been visited by Ms. Elise Frederick from the American Medical Mission of the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California, USA on June 27- 30, 2002. Ms. Frederick
visited the squatter areas in Metro Manila served by FOLPMI. She also met some
board members of FOLPMI and stayed at the Our Lady of Peace Hospital.
AUXILIARIES OF THE FOLPMI
Atty. Benita Santos, a Trustee
of FOLPMI helped organize a group of twenty (20) women from Paranaque City.
Spearheaded by Ms. Melba San Luis, these women auxiliaries of FOLPMI will raise
funds and volunteer their services to FOLPMI.
VOLUNTEERS
Mr. Carmelo Calweng, class
adviser of the 3rd year Psychology class of De La Salle University,
Taft Avenue, Manila organized volunteer students for FOLPMI. Some students plan
to stay a few weeks at the Aeta Resettlement Area in Gala, Subic, Zambales. Two
(2) students from the class volunteered last summer (April - May 2002) for
administrative clinical work and fieldwork in some of the FOLPMI's feeding
centers.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF FR.
REUTER
Fr. James B. Reuter, SJ,
Chairman of FOLPMI celebrated his 86th birthday on May 21 in the Our
Lady of Peace Hospital. Auxiliary Women of Paranaque, members of the Georgetown
University Alumni Club of which Fr. Reuter is the Chairman, friends of Fr.
Reuter, sisters of St. Paul, staff of the hospital foundation and members of
the board attended this event. Fr. Reuter himself celebrated the 10:00am Mass
held at the hospital chapel. At the talk I delivered, I highlighted the
guidance and inspiration provided by Fr. Reuter to FOLPMI. I'm really grateful
and blessed to have Fr. Reuter in the foundation. I'd like to take this
opportunity to thank him once again for his support and leadership.
24 March
2002: FOLPMI's Our Lady of Peace Hospital was blessed. (Source: www.copolet.com)
LICENSE FOR THE HOSPITAL
A major event happened on July
11, 2002. Our Lady of Peace Hospital received its license to operate.
A team of Department of Health
(DOH) personnel headed by Dr. Roy Arce, DOH Chief of the Bureau of Licensing,
inspected and evaluated the hospital facilities, personnel, pool of doctors,
equipment and all other requirements. The other members of the DOH team are Ms.
Ester Valencia and Architect Benito Gablan.
Again, thank you for allowing
me to let you know where the foundation is in serving the communities. Through
you, we're able to touch numerous lives of the underprivileged in our country
and I thank you for all your help. Thank you also for being patient with us as
we get ourselves organized to better serve our communities. Finally, thank you
for your faith in us and in what God has tasked us to do.
Fr. Reuter's
Our Lady of Peace Mission: USA & Toronto, July 2001
Rev. Fr. James
B. Reuter, SJ, and Sister Eva Fidela Maamo, SPC, MD, Chairman and President of the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission traveled around the United States and Toronto in July 2001 to
meet with sponsors and friends of FOLPMI's 100-bed
charity hospital in Paranaque, which at at that
time was still under construction. They visited Los Angeles (7 July), Las Vegas
(8 July), Phoenix (9 July), Brunswick/Atlanta GA (13-14 July; Coordinator: Marisol
Lopez-Soler SPCM HS'78.), Washington DC -
Philadelphia (14-20 July), Newark, NJ (20 July), New York City (21-26 July),
Toronto Canada (26-28 July), Chicago IL (28 July), Seattle WA (28-29 July),
SF/Oakland CA (29-30 July), and back to Los Angeles (30 July).
Below is a recap of the 23 Jul
fellowship in Manhattan coordinated by Mariechelle Llagas Marbella SPCM HS'75
and her sister Lett Llagas Dayao SPCM HS'65, with Marie Reyes serving as event
adviser. For photos taken after the 22 Jul Holy Mass celebration officiated by
Fr Reuter in New York City's Immaculate Conception Church, visit www.FOLPMI.org.
New York City
Video Presentation and Reception
23 July
2001, 6-8 PM, Kalayaan Hall, Philippine Center, 556 Fifth Ave., New York City
From: Mariechelle Llagas
Marbella SPCM HS75
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001
7:41 PM
Subject: Fr. Reuter's Fund
Raising Event A Success
Dear classmates and friends,
I'm very pleased to inform you
that Our Lady of Peace Mission presentation at the Kalayaan Hall on Monday,
July 23, went very well and was very successful. As of Friday, July 20, we have
received $410 in cash and checks, and more than $500 in pledges. By Monday
night, we were able to raise a total of $6,000. Fr. Reuter and Sr. Eva Maamo
were very happy. Fr. Reuter even commented that the quality of the group who
attended was excellent. We had about 96 people as counted by the concierge of
the Philippine Center. I think it is one of the best fund-raising events ever
held in the local Filipino community.
At the NYC Philippine Consulate, 25
Jul 2001: (l-r) Sister Eva Fidela Maamo, Consul General Linglingay
Fonacier-Lacanlale, Fr James Reuter, Mrs. Nora Salazar, Mariechelle
Llagas-Marbella SPCM HS'75.
Believe it or not, we got so
many blessings during the preparation. It's apparent God was with us the whole
time. Marie Reyes (wife of Virgilio Reyes, a diplomat in the Philippine
Mission) was my guiding light. We were able to waive the rental fee of the
Kalayaan Hall and also borrow a VCR from the Philippine Tourism Board for free.
We got press coverage before and after the events. We also received 2 cases of
wine free through Lett Llagas Dayao (SPCM HS'65/College '69) which were served
during the cocktail reception. Even Fr. Reuter enjoyed the red wine. Mitzi
Ambion Hocson '75 who traveled all the way from upstate NY was there for moral
support and donated rosaries to give the attendees. The people stayed and
mingled during the reception. Fr. Reuter graciously stayed by the lobby doors
to bid good-bye and to say thank you to each person who attended the event. We
finished promptly at about 9PM, including cleanup.
Yesterday (Wednesday), Fr.
Reuter, Sr. Eva, Mr and Mrs Mario Salazar plus myself paid a courtesy call to
Consul General Linglingay Lacanlale. Fr. Reuter presented the project to her
and she promised to pass it on to the Filipino medical associations in the
tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT).
The FOLPM's Hospital for the
Poor project is not really done yet. In fact, they have a long way to go. The
Foundation still needs medical equipment and cash to maintain the charity
hospital on a continuing basis. But the fact that we were able to help when we
were called upon is such a wonderful feeling. I thank all of those who
contributed to this event, in terms of money and/or in kind. To our friends
from SPCM HS'76, who also sent monetary contribution, thank you very much. To
Marisol Soler Lopez, SPCM HS'78, who relayed to us Fr. Reuter's request that
started the ball rolling, thank you.
Let's keep the support going...
we are all proud to be Paulinians. Take care, everyone.
Love -- Ching
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank the
following for making this Manhattan event possible:
Marie Reyes and the NY
Philippine Center staff,
Mariechelle Marbella, Mitzi Hocson and fellow Saint Paul College of Manila
alumnae, Philippine Independence Day Committee 2001 Chair Lett Dayao &
members, Mr. Gavino Abaya, Philippine New York Jaycees, Philippine Tourism
Board, Filipino
Reporter, Filipino
Express, Manila Bulletin, SPCM HS'75 Foundation's www.Paulinians.com, TheFilipino.com's www.FOLPMI.org, John Peter Cruise, Mandarin
Court Resturant (Penn Baluyot & Carol Leung), private donors and all our
friends from the different alumni associations and Filipino community
organizations. At final count, this fellowship raised $8000. Maraming salamat
po!
(If anyone's interested in
borrowing the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission's videotape to present to
an organization or group, please email Mariechelle Llagas-Marbella at marbelm@aol.com.)
FOLPMI: We
have taken the first step. We now invite you to join us and complete the
journey.
(Article
and photos ca 2000 were reproduced with permission from Ray Ramirez' http://members.nbci.com/ramsys55/folpm100/folpm100.htm --
now offline. Thanks!)
THE FOLPM CHARITY HOSPITAL
(Note:
Our Lady of Peace Hospital was inaugurated on 16 August 2002 and is now fully
operational.)
In the Philippines, the poor hardly ever get to the hospitals.
When they get sick, they just stay at home and hardly get medical attention.
The cost of hospitalization is simply way beyond the means of poor Filipinos.
It is for this reason the Foundation of our Lady of Peace Mission has decided
to work for the construction of a hospital primarily for the poor of Metro
Manila. It will be built on a 1.2 hectare site within the "Bahay
Pangarap" complex at Roxas, now Aguinaldo Coastal Road.
The main thrusts of Sr. Eva's mission has always been the caring
of the sick and the foundation serves the needs of the poor in the areas it has
not touched. In addition to free medical clinics, the foundation has been
sending medical and surgical/dental missions to remote rural areas. A volunteer
contingent of doctors, nurses, dentists and health workers bring along with
them instruments, equipment and medicine and serve where they are most needed,
reaching out to those who cannot afford to reach. Since 1986, the Foundation
has performed over 600 major surgeries and 400 minor ones. As of early 2000, a
total of 800 received medical treatment and over 300 have received dental
assistance.
A group of
FOLPMI volunteer health professionals.
Ground-breaking rites for the planned FOLPM Hospital in Paranaque,
took place on 11 Jan 2000.
FOLPMI: HOW IT ALL BEGAN
It all started as a mission in 1984 and the catalyst was Sister
Eva Fidela Maamo, SPC, M.D., of the community of the Sisters of St. Paul of
Chartres. By training, she was a medical surgeon who just finished a 6-year
stint serving the minority groups of South Cotabato: T-bolis, Ubos, Manobos,
Maguindanaos, B'laans, Kalagans and Muslims.
She was sent by her superiors to Singalong to work in an existing
clinic for the poor and was asked to expand its services with an outreach
program. In a short time, the clinic was expanded to enable her to perform
minor surgeries. Young sisters from the Novitiate joined her to help and learn.
Feeding centers were set up for the malnourished children of the area. Doctor
friends of Sr. Eva and other health professionals volunteered their services.
In January, 1990 the mission was formally organized into the
Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission. Today it serves beyond Singalong to
reach other depressed areas of Metro Manila, Navotas, Malate, Sta. Mesa, Sta
Ana, Makati, Paranaque, Las Pinas, Leveriza and Cavite, among others.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Deserving students from under privileged families are given free
scholarships for high school and some college courses. Tuition fees, books,
clothing and transportation allowances are provided. Out-of-school youths are
given vocational training and adult education seminars are organized for
parents.
Recently, the Foundation opened a Drop-in-Shelter to meet the
special needs of street children. Food and accommodation are provided together
with guidance, counseling and programs to keep the homeless waifs from the
dangers of street life.
The Foundation is supporting 130 scholars in Metro Manila alone.
There are 20 in Leyte, 32 in Pagadian, Zamboanga del Norte, and 30 in Basilan,
15 in Manticao, 15 in Gitagum and some of them coming from the minority tribes.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Leadership training, skills development, lessons in communication
and decision making help these marginalized families into self-reliant
communities. The appreciation of arts, especially in the indigenous forms,
expressed in music, drama or handicrafts are encouraged.
SPIRITUAL VALUES
Total human development is incomplete without moral values. Young
student scholars get to attend monthly recollection days and annual retreats.
Marriage encounters and family counseling are given to parents. The
Foundation's spiritual programs reach out to the street children, out-of-school
youth and even drug dependents.
FOUNDATION OF OUR LADY OF PEACE
MISSION
The Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc. is a non-stock,
non-profit, apolitical, charitable organization that services nine squatter
communities within Metro Manila and the cultural minorities of Luzon, Visayas
and Mindanao. It also has an established resettlement area within Gala, Subic,
Zambales.
The goal of the foundation is to utilize the skills of the
beneficiaries. It phases the development plans of the gradual growth of the
community by a sustained monitoring of its programs. Initially, the foundation
will provide the imperative need of food, medicine, shelter and clothing. But
the ultimate goal is the transformation of the beneficiaries, be it an
individual or a community group, into a self-reliant, productive segment of
society.
Our programs are geared towards total human development to enable
our beneficiaries attain full human dignity and help them become responsible Christian
citizens sharing with all of the task of building a Filipino nation that is
economically and morally strong.
Fr. Reuter, Cardinal Sin, Sister Eva
Maamo.
Board of
Trustees
Chairman:
Fr. James B. Reuter, SJ
President:
Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo, SPC, MD
Vice-President:
Atty. Antonio G. Bernas
Secretary:
Dr. Raquel D. Malimas
Treasurer:
Mrs. Suzanne Yuchengco-Santos
Legal
Officer: Atty. Benita M. Santos
Auditor: Mr.
Manolito S. Gonzales
PRO: Mayor
Jose L. Atienza
Special
Project Coordinator: Ms. Lyn Maceda
Members: Mr.
Bienvenido Bernas, Mr. Mariano Salazar, Amb. Oscar Villadolid
Board of
Consultants
Jaime
Cardinal L. Sin, D.D.
Amb. Howard
Q. Dee
Bishop
Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr., D.D
Chairperson
Harriet C. Demetriou
Office
Address
Foundation
of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc.
c/o Sr. Eva
Fidela Maamo, SPC
St. Paul
College of Manila
610 Malvar St.,
Malate, Manila, Philippines 1000
E-mail: siseva2000@yahoo.com
Telephone
No: (632) 825 7653 (clinic)
Official
SPCM page: www.spcm.edu.ph/folpm1.html
Site sponsored
by www.thefilipino.com: www.FOLPMI.org
SISTER EVA FIDELA MAAMO, SPC,
MD
A nun with
the Congregation of St Paul of Chartres (SPC) and medical surgeon
President
and Founder, Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission
Mother
Teresa Award for the Service of the Poor (1992)
Most
Outstanding Physician Award (1994)
Ramon
Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership (1997)
Known as the
"Healing Nun", Sister Eva is a compelling example in bringing humane
assistance and the healing arts to the most impoverished Filipinos.
Missionary
Jesuit priest serving in the Philippines since 1938
Chairman,
Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission
National
Director of Mass Media for the Catholic Church of the Philippines
Lorenzo Ruiz
Hall of Fame Award (1997)
Special
Papal Award for Outstanding Service to the Catholic Church in the field of Mass
Media (awarded by Pope John Paul II during 1991 visit to the Philippines)
Ramon
Magsaysay Award For Journalism, Literature, And Creative Communication Arts (1989)
A veteran
musical director, he has directed Broadway classics such as The Sound of Music,
My Fair Lady, South Pacific, The Miracle Worker, West Side Story, Finian's
Rainbow, Camelot, Brigadoon, Thirteen Daughters, Show Boat, Oklahoma, and many
others. He also wrote, produced and directed originals like The Two Standards,
The Bridge, The Lady, 500 Years in 90 Minutes, Jenina, The Challenge, and The Strong
Are Lonely.
A respected
journalist, teacher, and retreat master.
This photo of Fr Reuter was taken
during the SPCM HS'75 Senior Year Retreat in Baguio 26
years ago.
The image on the right is a copy of
the beautiful prayer that Fr Reuter wrote on this webkeeper's graduation
yearbook in 1975. (Thank you!) Click here to magnify.
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