St Rose of Lima school. with 300 pupils.
THE DAY CARE CENTRE WAS BUILT IN 1995 WITH A GENEROUS DONATION FROM ROBERT AND ROSE CRIMMINS OF BOSTON AND IT OPENED IN 1996 WITH 65 BABIES AND SMALL CHILDREN.THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AGREED TO RUN IT FOR US. IT IS A NON PROFIT ORGANISATION WHICH RUNS HUNDREDS OF DAY CARE CENTRES IN ECUADOR.THE PRESIDENTS WIFE ROSITA PULEY DE BUCARAM CAME TO OPEN THE CENTRE FOR US.THEY HAVE KEPT TO THEIR WORD AND ACHIEVED WONDERS SINCE 1996. THEIR SERVICES ENABLE SOME 60 POOR MOTHERS TO GO TO WORK TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.. THIS YEAR THE GOVERNMENT HAS FORMED A NEW INSTITUTE AND WE ARE WAITING TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO CONTINUE THE DAY CARE CENTRE.THE ARCHBISHOP HAS AGREED TO ALLOW THEM TO USE THE BUILDING FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE CHILDREN AS THEY GET OLDER MOVE FROM THE CENTRE TO THE INFANT SCHOOL..THE SCHOOL ALSO IS NON PROFIT MAKING.IN FACT IT BORDERS ON FINANCIAL COLLAPSE IF THE PARENTS DON’T PAY THE MINIMAL FEES WE ASK FOR. SOME PARENTS ARE TOO POOR TO PAY THE FEES.. THE PARISH HAS VERY LITTLE INTAKE FINANCIALLY SO IT CANNOT PAY THE TEACHERS. WE CHARGE $10 FOR THE REGISTRATION FEE AND $14 A MONTH FOR EACH CHILD. TOTAL COST OF ONE CHILD IN SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR IS $150. THIS MONEY IS FOR PAYING OUR CATHOLIC TEACHERS. THE MAYOR JAIME NEBOT SAADI VERY KINDLY GIVES THE SCHOOL BOOKS FREE TO SCHOOL IN THE POOR AREAS. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS HELP TO OUR PARENTS AND TO THE PARISH..WE HOPE THAT THE LORD MAYOR JAIME NEBOT SAADI WILL CONTINUE AS MAYOR OF GUAYAQUIL FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
I THANK ALL THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. MY FAMILY, MY RELATIVES,MY FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN THE USA, IN ENGLAND,IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES,WHO SEND HELP TO PAY FOR THE VERY POOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN OUR AREA OF THE ISLA TRINITARIA..MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.OUR SCHOOL ST ROSE OF LIMA OPENED APRIL 3RD 2000 WITH 300 BOYS AND GIRLS AND 10 CATHOLIC LADY TEACHERS-. THE ARCHBISHOP CAME TO BLESS THE SCHOOL .CLERGY AND THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS WERE PRESENT..YOU WILL SEE THE PHOTOS IN THE BLOG ..I CONSIDER A CATHOLIC SCHOOL ESSENTIAL TO A PARISH.. THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PARISH COMMUNITY. THE CATHOLIC TEACHERS ARE BEACONS OF LIGHT AND THE STARS THAT SHINE IN HEAVEN..THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS ARE THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.. THE PARISHIONERS ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE A CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
WHY WAS THE SCHOOL ONLY OPENED IN 2000? SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MONEY TO BUILD A SCHOOL UNTIL FATHER PATRICK UNIVERSAL, A ST JAMES FATHER OF BOSTON, WHO HAD HIS OWN PARISH STA MARTA IN THE SLUM OF SUBURBIO GUAYAQUIL BROUGHT ROBERT AND ROSE CRIMMINS TO SEE STA ROSA DE LIMA PARISH.. THEY ASKED WHAT WAS NEEDED MOST. WHEN I SAID A CATHOLIC SCHOOL,THEY VERY KINDLY OFFERED TO BUILD IT AND THEY KEPT THEIR PROMISE..THEIR GENEROSITY IS OVERWHELMING..THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1999.THEY ALSO SET UP SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE CHILDREN FROM THE POOREST FAMILIES IN OUR AREA..SOME OF MY FAMILY, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HAVE CONTRIBUTED AND ARE STILL HELPING WITH SCHOLARSHIPS.I WISH TO THANK THEM ALL. THEY ARE IN MY PRAYERS AND MASSES. WE HAVE 90 SCHOLARSHIP CHILDREN AT THE MOMENT. THE SCHOOL IS ON HOLIDAY FEBRUARY AND MARCH .WE WILL BEGIN OUR NEW SCHOOL YEAR 2009-2010 ON APRIL 1ST .WE MAY HAVE A DROP IN NUMBERS THIS YEAR BECAUSE ALL STATE EDUCATION IS NOW FREE.. CATHOLIC PARENTS CAN CHOOSE CATHOLIC EDUCATION BUT IT IS NOT FREE.. CELEBRATING THE SCHOOL MASS IS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE WITH A CONGREGATION CLOSE TO 750. THIS WOULD BE THE ENVY OF MANY PARISHES - WE EDUCATE FOR LIFE,HUMAN LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE. WE TEACH THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND WE PREPARE THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS TO BE WITNESSES TO JESUS.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SCHOOL BAND AND A WONDERFUL MUSIC TEACHER CALLED BYRON. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE BAND IS 70.MOST ARE CHEERLEADERS. SOME 30 CHILDREN PLAY THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.WE PARTAKE IN MANY EVENTS BY INVITATION. WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF THE BAND- MANY THANKS TO OUR BENEFACTORS.
I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE EXCELLENT EDUCATION I RECEIVED MYSELF IN MY LIFE RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THE EDUCATION I RECEIVED FROM MY PARENTS WHO WERE THE BEST TEACHERS OF ALL. THEY SOWED THE SEED OF MY MISSIONARY VOCATION.I AM ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO THE TEACHERS OF ST TERESA,S CATHOLIC SCHOOL FIRSWOOD,SALFORD DIOCESE.UK AND THE TEACHERS OF ST ANNE,S CATHOLIC SCHOOL, ST ANNES CHURCH, CRUMPSALL, MANCHESTER,UK- THESE TEACHERS, BEACONS OF LIGHT, FOSTERED MY VOCATION TO THE MISSIONARY PRIESTHOOD. MANY MANY THANKS. I AM ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO MY MANY GREAT TEACHERS IN THE MILL HILL MISSIONARIES SEMINARIES,FRESHFIELD, BURN HALL. ROOSENDAAL. AND MILL HILL. MANY THANKS. MANY ARE DEAD .MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.
HERE I AM NOW STILL IN GUAYAQUIL,ECUADOR, MARCH 2009. I AM 74 YEARS OF AGE. I HAVE BEEN A MILL HILL MISSIONARY 49 YEARS. NEXT YEAR IS THE BIG YEAR FOR MY 75TH BIRTHDAY AND 50 YEARS JUBILEE AS A MILL HILL MISSIONARY.. AT 75 ONE SHOULD RETIRE BECAUSE THIS IS THE AGE FOR RETIRING.. WILL I STILL BE ALIVE THEN? I SIMPLY DON’T KNOW. I HAVE JUST RENEWED MY TWO YEAR VISA BECAUSE IT EXPIRED FEB 28TH.2009. THE VISA IS GRANTED FOR TWO YEARS RENEWABLE. THERE WAS A DELAY. THE IMMIGRATION WANTED EACH MISSIONARY TO WRITE A RESUMEN OF HIS OR HER WORK FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, TO JUSTIFY THEIR PRESENCE IN ECUADOR.I WROTE A RESUMEN..I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS BECAUSE MANY MISSIONARIES WAIT MONTHS,EVEN YEARS FOR THE GRANTING OF THEIR VISA.THE MILL HILL MISSIONARIES ACCEPT MISSION TO THE MOST ABANDONED AREAS IN THE WORLD WHERE THE POOREST OF THE POOR LIVE. THEY SERVE THE LOCAL ARCHBISHOP OR BISHOP. ONCE THE DIOCESE HAS SUFFICIENT PRIESTS THE MISSIONARIES CAN CONTEMPLATE TAKING THEIR MISSION ELSEWHERE. DIOCESAN CLERGY WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE MISSIONARIES. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SOME DIOCESAN CLERGY ARE VERY HIGHHANDED THEY TEND TO IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH. IN BRIEF, THEY SOMETIMES BREAK UP THE PARISH ALTOGETHER. THIS IS VERY SAD FOR THE `PEOPLE AND FOR THE MISSIONARY WHO IS LEAVING.. WHEN THE BISHOP DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE ANYONE TO CONTINUE THE PARISH, THIS IS EVEN HARDER FOR THE MISSIONARY TO QUIT.. THE MISSIONARY FEELS HE IS ABANDONING HIS PEOPLE.
THIS IS HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW. SOME DIOCESES ARE ASKING THEIR PRIESTS TO STAY ON A LITTLE AFTER 75 BECAUSE OF THE GREAT SHORTAGE OF PRIESTS. THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT 16TH IS IN HIS 80,s.
I DID TELL MILL HILL MISSIONARIES I WOULD RETIRE IN 2010 BUT THE THOUGHT OF ABANDONING THE POOR HERE IS GNAWING MY GUTS.YOU HAVE SEEN THE PEOPLE AND THIS VERY POOR SLUM ON THE PHOTOS.
ALSO THE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO ENJOY MY JUBILEE AND AT THE SAME TIME SAYING HUNDREDS OF GOODBYES IS NOT A COMFORTABLE ONE. IN FACT IT WOULD BE TRAUMATIC TO SAY THE LEAST. THE BEST ADVICE I HAVE RECEIVED FROM A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE FATHER BART DALY MHM WHO IS THE REGIONAL SUPERIOR IN THE NORTH AMERICAN REGION…..…FIRST CELEBRATE WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS YOUR BIRTHDAY AND YOUR JUBILEE. THEN AND ONLY THEN SIT DOWN TO DECIDE YOUR FUTURE. THIS IS VERY GOOD AND VERY SOUND ADVICE.
I THANK ALL THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. MY FAMILY, MY RELATIVES,MY FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN THE USA, IN ENGLAND,IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES,WHO SEND HELP TO PAY FOR THE VERY POOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN OUR AREA OF THE ISLA TRINITARIA..MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.OUR SCHOOL ST ROSE OF LIMA OPENED APRIL 3RD 2000 WITH 300 BOYS AND GIRLS AND 10 CATHOLIC LADY TEACHERS-. THE ARCHBISHOP CAME TO BLESS THE SCHOOL .CLERGY AND THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS WERE PRESENT..YOU WILL SEE THE PHOTOS IN THE BLOG ..I CONSIDER A CATHOLIC SCHOOL ESSENTIAL TO A PARISH.. THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PARISH COMMUNITY. THE CATHOLIC TEACHERS ARE BEACONS OF LIGHT AND THE STARS THAT SHINE IN HEAVEN..THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS ARE THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.. THE PARISHIONERS ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE A CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
WHY WAS THE SCHOOL ONLY OPENED IN 2000? SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MONEY TO BUILD A SCHOOL UNTIL FATHER PATRICK UNIVERSAL, A ST JAMES FATHER OF BOSTON, WHO HAD HIS OWN PARISH STA MARTA IN THE SLUM OF SUBURBIO GUAYAQUIL BROUGHT ROBERT AND ROSE CRIMMINS TO SEE STA ROSA DE LIMA PARISH.. THEY ASKED WHAT WAS NEEDED MOST. WHEN I SAID A CATHOLIC SCHOOL,THEY VERY KINDLY OFFERED TO BUILD IT AND THEY KEPT THEIR PROMISE..THEIR GENEROSITY IS OVERWHELMING..THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1999.THEY ALSO SET UP SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE CHILDREN FROM THE POOREST FAMILIES IN OUR AREA..SOME OF MY FAMILY, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HAVE CONTRIBUTED AND ARE STILL HELPING WITH SCHOLARSHIPS.I WISH TO THANK THEM ALL. THEY ARE IN MY PRAYERS AND MASSES. WE HAVE 90 SCHOLARSHIP CHILDREN AT THE MOMENT. THE SCHOOL IS ON HOLIDAY FEBRUARY AND MARCH .WE WILL BEGIN OUR NEW SCHOOL YEAR 2009-2010 ON APRIL 1ST .WE MAY HAVE A DROP IN NUMBERS THIS YEAR BECAUSE ALL STATE EDUCATION IS NOW FREE.. CATHOLIC PARENTS CAN CHOOSE CATHOLIC EDUCATION BUT IT IS NOT FREE.. CELEBRATING THE SCHOOL MASS IS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE WITH A CONGREGATION CLOSE TO 750. THIS WOULD BE THE ENVY OF MANY PARISHES - WE EDUCATE FOR LIFE,HUMAN LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE. WE TEACH THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND WE PREPARE THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS TO BE WITNESSES TO JESUS.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SCHOOL BAND AND A WONDERFUL MUSIC TEACHER CALLED BYRON. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE BAND IS 70.MOST ARE CHEERLEADERS. SOME 30 CHILDREN PLAY THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.WE PARTAKE IN MANY EVENTS BY INVITATION. WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF THE BAND- MANY THANKS TO OUR BENEFACTORS.
I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE EXCELLENT EDUCATION I RECEIVED MYSELF IN MY LIFE RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THE EDUCATION I RECEIVED FROM MY PARENTS WHO WERE THE BEST TEACHERS OF ALL. THEY SOWED THE SEED OF MY MISSIONARY VOCATION.I AM ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO THE TEACHERS OF ST TERESA,S CATHOLIC SCHOOL FIRSWOOD,SALFORD DIOCESE.UK AND THE TEACHERS OF ST ANNE,S CATHOLIC SCHOOL, ST ANNES CHURCH, CRUMPSALL, MANCHESTER,UK- THESE TEACHERS, BEACONS OF LIGHT, FOSTERED MY VOCATION TO THE MISSIONARY PRIESTHOOD. MANY MANY THANKS. I AM ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO MY MANY GREAT TEACHERS IN THE MILL HILL MISSIONARIES SEMINARIES,FRESHFIELD, BURN HALL. ROOSENDAAL. AND MILL HILL. MANY THANKS. MANY ARE DEAD .MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.
HERE I AM NOW STILL IN GUAYAQUIL,ECUADOR, MARCH 2009. I AM 74 YEARS OF AGE. I HAVE BEEN A MILL HILL MISSIONARY 49 YEARS. NEXT YEAR IS THE BIG YEAR FOR MY 75TH BIRTHDAY AND 50 YEARS JUBILEE AS A MILL HILL MISSIONARY.. AT 75 ONE SHOULD RETIRE BECAUSE THIS IS THE AGE FOR RETIRING.. WILL I STILL BE ALIVE THEN? I SIMPLY DON’T KNOW. I HAVE JUST RENEWED MY TWO YEAR VISA BECAUSE IT EXPIRED FEB 28TH.2009. THE VISA IS GRANTED FOR TWO YEARS RENEWABLE. THERE WAS A DELAY. THE IMMIGRATION WANTED EACH MISSIONARY TO WRITE A RESUMEN OF HIS OR HER WORK FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, TO JUSTIFY THEIR PRESENCE IN ECUADOR.I WROTE A RESUMEN..I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS BECAUSE MANY MISSIONARIES WAIT MONTHS,EVEN YEARS FOR THE GRANTING OF THEIR VISA.THE MILL HILL MISSIONARIES ACCEPT MISSION TO THE MOST ABANDONED AREAS IN THE WORLD WHERE THE POOREST OF THE POOR LIVE. THEY SERVE THE LOCAL ARCHBISHOP OR BISHOP. ONCE THE DIOCESE HAS SUFFICIENT PRIESTS THE MISSIONARIES CAN CONTEMPLATE TAKING THEIR MISSION ELSEWHERE. DIOCESAN CLERGY WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE MISSIONARIES. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SOME DIOCESAN CLERGY ARE VERY HIGHHANDED THEY TEND TO IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH. IN BRIEF, THEY SOMETIMES BREAK UP THE PARISH ALTOGETHER. THIS IS VERY SAD FOR THE `PEOPLE AND FOR THE MISSIONARY WHO IS LEAVING.. WHEN THE BISHOP DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE ANYONE TO CONTINUE THE PARISH, THIS IS EVEN HARDER FOR THE MISSIONARY TO QUIT.. THE MISSIONARY FEELS HE IS ABANDONING HIS PEOPLE.
THIS IS HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW. SOME DIOCESES ARE ASKING THEIR PRIESTS TO STAY ON A LITTLE AFTER 75 BECAUSE OF THE GREAT SHORTAGE OF PRIESTS. THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT 16TH IS IN HIS 80,s.
I DID TELL MILL HILL MISSIONARIES I WOULD RETIRE IN 2010 BUT THE THOUGHT OF ABANDONING THE POOR HERE IS GNAWING MY GUTS.YOU HAVE SEEN THE PEOPLE AND THIS VERY POOR SLUM ON THE PHOTOS.
ALSO THE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO ENJOY MY JUBILEE AND AT THE SAME TIME SAYING HUNDREDS OF GOODBYES IS NOT A COMFORTABLE ONE. IN FACT IT WOULD BE TRAUMATIC TO SAY THE LEAST. THE BEST ADVICE I HAVE RECEIVED FROM A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE FATHER BART DALY MHM WHO IS THE REGIONAL SUPERIOR IN THE NORTH AMERICAN REGION…..…FIRST CELEBRATE WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS YOUR BIRTHDAY AND YOUR JUBILEE. THEN AND ONLY THEN SIT DOWN TO DECIDE YOUR FUTURE. THIS IS VERY GOOD AND VERY SOUND ADVICE.
5th september 2010
the latest news is that Father Frank Smith will retire to Liverpool early december. 2010..DUE TO OSTEOPOROSIS OF THE SPINE WHICH HAS CURTAILED HIS ENERGY THERE IS A FRACTURE IN OF THE VERTEBRA AND A HERNIATED DISC. IT WILL BE VERY SAD TO LEAVE BUT THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL. THE ARCHBISHOP HAS APPOINTED AN YOUNG ECUADOREAN PRIEST FATHER JOSE MANUEL DELGADO AGED 31 WHO WILL TAKE OVER AS FROM NOVEMBER 30TH. . THIS WILL BE THE END OF THE ERA OF THE MILL HILL MISSIONARIES IN GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR.IT COVERS A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS. WE WISH FATHER JOSE MANUEL EVERY BLESSING, EVERY SUCCESS AND EVERY HAPPINESS. HE HAS ALREADY BEEN TO SEE THE PARISH AND HE IS ENTHUSIASTIC TO TAKE OVER VERY SOON.
FOR ALL THE FOLLOWERS OF THIS BLOG I GIVE YOU ALL A VERY SPECIAL BLESSING FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE. FR.FRANK SMITH MHM
SEPTEMBER 5TH 2010
THE TEACHERS OF ST ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL.
The Teachers celebrate the parish priest ,s 48th anniversary
The school band at practice.
the school band
Teaching the children to play the instruments
The school band
Alexandra Alman in the Day Care Centre
THE KINDERGARDEN
The School
Party time in the school
Folklore dancing in the school
School Graduation Day Mass
Father Smith and Susy Castillo the English teacher 2008
Diploma Day
Sports Day
The School Mass
Some children in the playground
Father,s Birthday
National feastday
A DANCER
The spectators
MORE SPECTATORS
Our teachers
Our teachers
National Flag Day
Graduation Day
The seventh grade finishing the Primary school.
The School Cheerleaders
A School Mass
A Recolllection Day
A school celebration
The School children at Mass
The National Flag Day
Celebrating the Founding of Guayaquil 1534 by the Spanish
Flag Day
First Communion Day
First Communion Day
The School children identifying themselves
The School Teachers receiving homage
Our Cheerleaders St Rose of Lima
Visiting the sick in the parish
SOME OF OUR TEACHERS
ANITA Y ALEXANDRA ALMAN SCHOOL TEACHERS
School children in folklore dance
school mass
folklore dancing
school spectators
More dancing
The teachers enjoying themselves
Suzy Castillo y Alexandera Alman,school teachers
Some of the teachers
A class photo in church
The teachers pose for a photo
A class Mass
Diploma Day
Maribel,Sabina, y Suzy, our teachers
Diploma Day Mass
The top class in church
One of our school processions
Dolores our Prinicpal Teacher, and Azucena in
charge of our computer room
WAITING FOR THE PROCESSION TO BEGIN
Marching on the motorway
Recreation time in school
the cheerleaders practice.
Folklore Dances
folklore
folklore
folklore dancing
folklore dance
folklore dancing
At the interval!
A school Mass
October 2010. our school band marches on the main road 9th of october
to celebrate Independence Day in Guayaquil.. We were very honoured to be invited.
Congratulations to our school band.
