Father Maurice McGill mhm superior general with Father Frank Smith mhm
and two Catechists from Our Lady of Peace parish Guayaquil
HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS WHICH WERE ALMOST LOST IN A RECENT FLOOD.MANY ARE PHOTOS WHICH I HAVE KEPT OVER THE YEARS. SOME ARE OF OUR MILL HILL MISSION TEAM WITH THE LAY ASSOCIATES MARY KILCOYNE MHM, ANNE HARRISON MHM, ILDI DUNAI MHM,.AND FATHER BRIAN AHERN MHM, FR WIM VAN GASTEL FATHER FRANK SMITH MHM, OF FR. BILL TOLLAN MHM, OF FATHER JAC HETSEN MHM ,OF FATHER MAURICE MCGILL MHM. AND OF BROTHER JOS BOERKAMP MHM.
OTHERS ARE OF MALNOURISHED BABIES WHICH IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN OUR AREA, OTHERS ARE OF SOME SICK PEOPLE WHOM WE HELPED.THERE IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUTCHER,S SHOP-OPEN AIR STYLE. SOME ARE OF THE EARLY YEARS 1993 WITH THE SUNDAY MASSES IN OUR BAMBOO CHAPELS.ONE IS OF DR MARTIN DUNN AND HIS SISTER ROSEMARY BYRNE THE FOUNDERS OF POR CRISTO WHO HAVE HELPED ECUADOR ENORMOUSLY WITH TEAMS OF SKILLED SURGEONS FROM THE USA, AND THEY NOW HAVE A NUTRITION CENTER AND EXCELLENT DISPENSARY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PERIMETRAL. JOSEPH REARDON IS NOW THE DIRECTOR OF POR CRISTO OF BOSTON. DEBORAH CLARK IS THEIR EXPERT NUTRITIONIST AND MEDICAL ADVISER. TERESA ARCE DE TERAN IS THE COOORDINATOR IN ECUADOR.
TWO ARE OF OUR DAY CARE CENTER WITH THE SMILING CHILDREN.I HOPE ONE DAY TO PUT A HEADING UNDER EACH PHOTO SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW WHO IS WHO AND WHAT IS WHAT.THIS WILL TAKE TIME BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT. THE TEXT WILL ALSO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH SO THAT THE PEOPLE HERE IN ECUADOR WILL BE ABLE TO READ IT.
IT IS WORTH MAKING A NOTE HERE THAT FATHER BILL TOLLAN MHM WHO WAS ON THE GENERAL COUNCIL AND WHO DID MAGNIFICENT WORK IN THE CAMEROON MISSION FOR MANY YEARS, WROTE MANY ARTICLES ABOUT THE ISLA TRINITARIA. HE MADE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE ECUADOREAN MILL HILL MISSION IN GUAYAQUIL.. WHAT MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE WAS TO MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA, FATHER BILL TOLLAN MHM WAS TO THE IMPOVERISHED THOUSANDS IN THE ISLA TRINITARIA.
Father Bill Tollan mhm councillor for South America
and Father Frank Smith mhm. Isla Trinitaria.Guayaquil
The Mill Hill Missionary team Guayaquil
Father Bill Tollan mhm in St Rose of Lima chapel Isla Trinitaria
1992
There was no running water in the old days.
Everyone had a tank like this and bought water from a truck
Visiting the families of the parish during the landfill 1992
First Communions St Rose of Lima.
The children in Catechism class. 1992
The Parents Association meeting
A marasmic child
The children in the Day Care Centre
The Day Care Centre
Father Bill Tollan mhm the coordinator for South America
with Mary Kilcoyne mhm,Maria Luisa, and Obemia, and Father Wim van Gastel
The earliest parish council 1991 St Rose of Lima with Father Bill Tollan mhm
Father Bill Tollan mhm cooordinator for South America 1993
The teachers in St Rose of Lima school 2000
Father Jac Hetsen mhm Superior General
doing a Baptism in St Rose of Lima church
Daniel Briones getting treatment for his infected feet
The slum of the Isla Trinitaria 1991
St Rose of Lima church 1994
The Day Care Centre
A mother with her malnourished baby looks for help
from our clinic
Dr Martin Dunn and his sister Rosemary Byrne founded Por Cristo to help the poor and the sick
of Guayaquil. The achieved miracles bringing teams of skilled surgeons and doctors to take care
of as many children as possible. St Rose of Lima . Isla Trinitaria
Elizabeth Ruiz Plaza and her friends St Rose of Lima church
The local butchers
Maria Luisa adminstrator of our clinic with a malnourished baby
