Robert and Rose Crimmins visiting the building of
St Camillus church Isla Trinitaria 1998
SINCE WE BEGAN IN MAY 1991 THERE ARE REGISTERED OVER 6000 BAPTISMS IN THE PARISH BOOKS.THERE HAVE BEEN 3,800 FIRST CONFESSIONS AND FIRST COMMUNIONS.THERE HAVE BEEN 2,280 CONFIRMATIONS.THE NUMBER OF MARRIAGES IS 79. THIS IS THE NUMBER IN ST ROSE OF LIMA MARRIAGE BOOK IT DOESN’T INCLUDE THE MARRIAGES IN THE OTHER CHURCHES. MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO GET MARRIED IN A CHURCH OF DISTINCTION ,IN THE CATHEDRAL ,FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FRANCISCAN BASILICA, IN THE SALESIAN CHURCHES, AND IN THE MERCEDARIAN(OUR LADY OF MERCY) CHURCH.PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY GET MARRIED. IT IS A VERY PERSONAL CHOICE. SO MANY COUPLES IN THE ISLA TRINITARIA ARE ATTRACTED BY THE BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES IN THE CENTRE OF GUAYAQUIL. OUR CHURCHES IN THE ISLA TRINITARIA ARE ECONOMICALLY BUILT.THERE WAS NO EXTRA MONEY FOR EMBELLISHMENT. BUT THEY ARE PRACTICAL AND THEY BLEND IN WITH THE POOR SURROUNDINGS.WE ARE A CINDERELLA OF THE ARCHDIOCESE.THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GO TO MASS ON SUNDAY;IN STA ROSA DE LIMA CHURCH WE HAVE TWO SUNDAY MASSES,AT 10.30AM AND 7PMTHE FIRST HAS AN AVERAGE OF 200 PEOPLE, AND THE SECOND THE SAME.IN SAN CAMILO CHURCH WE HAVE ONE MASS SUNDAY.THE AVERAGE NUMBER EACH SUNDAY IS 180. THE PEOPLE ARE FREE TO GO TO SUNDAY MASS IN THE CITY CENTRE OR ELSEWHERE.THEY HAVE THEIR PREFERENCES WHICH MUST BE RESPECTED-.SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE GO TO MASS ON SUNDAYS FROM THE ISLA TRINITARIA .BUT I WOULD THINK IT IS LESS THAN 2% OF THE TOTAL CATHOLIC POPULATION. IF THIS IS SO THEN THERE IS NO PLACE FOR COMPLACENCY IN OUR MISSIONARY EVALUATION. AS OUR FOUNDER CARDINAL HERBERT VAUGHAN SAID..”I DON’T THINK OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BUT OF WHAT STILL REMAINS TO BE DONE.” WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IS JUST A DROP IN THE OCEAN. OTHERS MUST CONTINUE THE EVANGELISATION OF THE ISLA TRINITARIA.
THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN OUR CHURCHES ARE JAMMED FULL OF PEOPLE--- CHRISTMAS EVE WHEN EVERY FAMILY BRING THEIR PORCELAIN BABY JESUS TO CHURCH FOR A BLESSING, THE FEAST OF THE MAGI, ASH WEDNESDAY,PALM SUNDAY, GOOD FRIDAY, AND ALL SOULS DAY. THERE WILL BE BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PEOPLE AT THE MASSES ON THESE DAYS.
IN 1998 THE ISLA TRINITARIA WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARISHES. THE SOMASCOS FATHER TOOK THREE OF THEM AND FR FRANK SMITH MHM WAS LEFT WITH ST ROSE OF LIMA WITH SOME 65,000 PARISHIONERS.THE PARISH ALSO INCLUDES THE SAN CAMILO CHAPEL ADMINISTERED BY A LAY PERSON, SEÑORA ALEXANDRA ACOSTA.THE TOWN COUNCIL GIVE THE NUMBER AS MUCH LESS.THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GUAYAQUIL WAS ERECTED IN 1956.IT HAS A CATHOLIC POPULATION OF 3,291,381. COMPARE THIS WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL UK, 504,000…OR WITH THE DIOCESE OF SALFORD 350,000 OR WESTMINSTER.THERE ARE 237 PARISHES IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GUAYAQUIL.THE AREA OF THE ARCHDIOCESE COVERS 20,902 SQ.-KMS.!!!!!!!!THERE ARE 251 DIOCESAN PRIESTSTHERE Are 133 RELIGIOUS PRIESTS.THERE ARE 70 SEMINARISTS IN THE MAJOR SEMINARY.THERE ARE 563 RELIGIOUS NUNS.THERE ARE 89 CONTEMPLATIVE NUNS.SO THERE ARE ALTOGETHER 384 PRIESTS TO LOOK AFTER ,3,291.381 CATHOLICS. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN AN AVERAGE PARISH’YOU DIVIDE 3,291.381 BY 237 AND YOU GET 13,888 PEOPLE per parish.WHAT IS THE RATIO OF PRIEST TO PEOPLE? DIVIDE 3,291.381 BY 384. ACTUALLY NOT ALL PRIESTS ARE INVOLVED IN PARISH WORK.THEY ARE TEACHERS, UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS,CHAPLAINS ETC.LETS SAY 300 PRIESTS. SO THE RATIO OF PRIEST TO PEOPLE WOULD BE 10,971.
THERE IS ONE AFRO ECUADOREAN PRIEST. HIS NAME IS FATHER CARLOS VALENCIA PEREA AND HE WAS ORDAINED IN 2004.. THERE ARE THREE SEMINARIST AFRO ECUADOREAN IN THE MAJOR SEMINARY. ST ROSE OF LIMA PARISH HAS TWO SEMINARIANS WHICH IS A BLESSING. WE HAVE ONE NUN AND TWO ASPIRANTS. WE PRAY FOR MORE VOCATIONS. ON THE PHOTOS OF THE CLERGY GATHERINGS YOU WILL NOTICE THE ABSENCE OF AFROECUADOREAN PRIESTS. BUT WE NOW HAVE A NEW AUXILIARY BISHOP IN GUAYAQUIL.HE IS AFROECUADOREAN AND HIS NAME IS MONSEÑOR IVAN MINDA. CONGRATULATIONS MONSIGNOR.
NUMBER OF CATECHISTS IN THE ISLA TRINITARIA IS 120.
NUMBER OF CATECHISTS IN STA ROSA DE LIMA IS 25
NUMBER OF CATECHISTS IN SAN CAMILO IS 20.
THE MILL HILL MISSIONARIES IN THE UK HAVE SENT TREMENDOUS HELP FOR OUR CATECHIST FORMATION AND FOR GROWTH OF OUR BASIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES. THIS MONEY COMES FROM THE APF COLLECTION EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RED APF MISSION BOX IN THEIR HOME FOR THEIR DONATIONS TO THE MISSIONS. THE MISSIONARIES ON THE MISSIONS ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR HELP. PLEASE KEEP UP YOUR MARVELLOUS SUPPORT. YOUR HELP IS VITAL TO THE MISSIONS. THE PHOTOS OF THE CATECHISTS SHOW THE WONDERFUL WORK YOU HAVE ACHIEVED BY FILLING UP THE RED BOXES. THE PHOTOS OF THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SHOW WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE COLLECTION FROM THE RED BOXES. THE PHOTOS OF THE BABIES AND THE CHILDREN IN THE CLINIC GETTINMG MEDICAL HELP IS ALL PART OF THE RED BOX COLLECTIONS. MANY MANY THANKS.
THE PEOPLE ARE VERY POOR HERE AND THE SUNDAY COLLECTIONS IN THE MASSES AMOUNT TO $ 30. SO THE MISSIONARIES NEED YOUR HELP URGENTLY. THANK YOU FOR LOYALTY AND DEDICATION TO THE MISSIONS.
IN 1998 THE ISLA TRINITARIA WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARISHES. THE SOMASCOS FATHER TOOK THREE OF THEM AND FR FRANK SMITH MHM WAS LEFT WITH ST ROSE OF LIMA WITH SOME 65,000 PARISHIONERS.THE PARISH ALSO INCLUDES THE SAN CAMILO CHAPEL ADMINISTERED BY A LAY PERSON, SEÑORA ALEXANDRA ACOSTA.THE TOWN COUNCIL GIVE THE NUMBER AS MUCH LESS.THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GUAYAQUIL WAS ERECTED IN 1956.IT HAS A CATHOLIC POPULATION OF 3,291,381. COMPARE THIS WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL UK, 504,000…OR WITH THE DIOCESE OF SALFORD 350,000 OR WESTMINSTER.THERE ARE 237 PARISHES IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GUAYAQUIL.THE AREA OF THE ARCHDIOCESE COVERS 20,902 SQ.-KMS.!!!!!!!!THERE ARE 251 DIOCESAN PRIESTSTHERE Are 133 RELIGIOUS PRIESTS.THERE ARE 70 SEMINARISTS IN THE MAJOR SEMINARY.THERE ARE 563 RELIGIOUS NUNS.THERE ARE 89 CONTEMPLATIVE NUNS.SO THERE ARE ALTOGETHER 384 PRIESTS TO LOOK AFTER ,3,291.381 CATHOLICS. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN AN AVERAGE PARISH’YOU DIVIDE 3,291.381 BY 237 AND YOU GET 13,888 PEOPLE per parish.WHAT IS THE RATIO OF PRIEST TO PEOPLE? DIVIDE 3,291.381 BY 384. ACTUALLY NOT ALL PRIESTS ARE INVOLVED IN PARISH WORK.THEY ARE TEACHERS, UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS,CHAPLAINS ETC.LETS SAY 300 PRIESTS. SO THE RATIO OF PRIEST TO PEOPLE WOULD BE 10,971.
THERE IS ONE AFRO ECUADOREAN PRIEST. HIS NAME IS FATHER CARLOS VALENCIA PEREA AND HE WAS ORDAINED IN 2004.. THERE ARE THREE SEMINARIST AFRO ECUADOREAN IN THE MAJOR SEMINARY. ST ROSE OF LIMA PARISH HAS TWO SEMINARIANS WHICH IS A BLESSING. WE HAVE ONE NUN AND TWO ASPIRANTS. WE PRAY FOR MORE VOCATIONS. ON THE PHOTOS OF THE CLERGY GATHERINGS YOU WILL NOTICE THE ABSENCE OF AFROECUADOREAN PRIESTS. BUT WE NOW HAVE A NEW AUXILIARY BISHOP IN GUAYAQUIL.HE IS AFROECUADOREAN AND HIS NAME IS MONSEÑOR IVAN MINDA. CONGRATULATIONS MONSIGNOR.
NUMBER OF CATECHISTS IN THE ISLA TRINITARIA IS 120.
NUMBER OF CATECHISTS IN STA ROSA DE LIMA IS 25
NUMBER OF CATECHISTS IN SAN CAMILO IS 20.
THE MILL HILL MISSIONARIES IN THE UK HAVE SENT TREMENDOUS HELP FOR OUR CATECHIST FORMATION AND FOR GROWTH OF OUR BASIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES. THIS MONEY COMES FROM THE APF COLLECTION EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RED APF MISSION BOX IN THEIR HOME FOR THEIR DONATIONS TO THE MISSIONS. THE MISSIONARIES ON THE MISSIONS ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR HELP. PLEASE KEEP UP YOUR MARVELLOUS SUPPORT. YOUR HELP IS VITAL TO THE MISSIONS. THE PHOTOS OF THE CATECHISTS SHOW THE WONDERFUL WORK YOU HAVE ACHIEVED BY FILLING UP THE RED BOXES. THE PHOTOS OF THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SHOW WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE COLLECTION FROM THE RED BOXES. THE PHOTOS OF THE BABIES AND THE CHILDREN IN THE CLINIC GETTINMG MEDICAL HELP IS ALL PART OF THE RED BOX COLLECTIONS. MANY MANY THANKS.
THE PEOPLE ARE VERY POOR HERE AND THE SUNDAY COLLECTIONS IN THE MASSES AMOUNT TO $ 30. SO THE MISSIONARIES NEED YOUR HELP URGENTLY. THANK YOU FOR LOYALTY AND DEDICATION TO THE MISSIONS.
WE HAVE 7 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS , ONE CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL, WITH 1000 STUDENTS, TWO CONVENTS, 7 CATHOLIC CHURCHES, FOUR PRESBYTERIES, FOUR PRIESTS, FOUR DISPENSARIES, THREE DAY CARE CENTRES.
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR FANTASTIC HELP-
THE EVANGELISATION CONTINUES.
Robert and Rose Crimmins visiting our dispensary which they built.
Visiting the Mill Hill Sisters in El Guasmo
Two Colombian Sisters doing a survey of our parish St Rose of Lima.
They reported the Isla Trinitaria was a rough area, many of the people indifferent to
Religion. and very materially minded.
The baby with Syphilis
The Beauty Class
A child with cerebral palsy
St Camillus de Lelis Church
A visit from Cardinal Better of Munich and Archbishop Juan Larrea Holguin
to St Rose of Lima parish 2000
The parish of St Rose of Lima 1991
Saying Mass for the Community while the churches were being built
1993
A boy born disfigured. Dr Martin Dunn of Por Cristo helped him
with plastic surgery
The old days when the parish began 1991. The swamp called the Isla Trinitaria.
The chapel is on the left. During the First Communion Mass the floor boards gave way
and some of the children fell into the water.
Cardinal Better of Munich helped us with the buildings.
Father Bill Tollan mhm councillor for South America
Father Bill gave tremendous support to the Isla Trinitaria
MillHill Mission. What Malcom Muggeridge was to Mother Teresa
of Calcutta. Father Bill Tollan was to the Isla Trinitaria.
Cardinal Bernardino Echeverria of Guayaquil visiting St Rose of Lima parish
2000
A visit from Father Bill Tollan mhm councillor for South America.
St Camillus de Lelis church, Palm Sunday 2008
Father Bill Tollan mhm St Rose of Lima Isla Trinitaria
Baptisms St Rose of Lima church
First Communions in the old days when we had bamboo chapels
Father Bill Tollan mhm councillor for South America
Father Bill Tollan mhm in the bamboo chapel St Rose of Lima 1992
Our Day Care centre
First Communions St Rose of Lima church 1995
