Tag: Hospital Ministry

New Hope for New Year

Post author By Santuario de San Antonio Parish
Post date January 20, 2014

January marks the start of a new year, new hopes and new wishes.

Last Friday, January 10, the Hospital Ministry had their first visit for 2014 at the PGH Pediatrics Wards to give out medication we had sponsored to patients. A lot of these patients were newborns/babies, not even having the chance to be discharged from the hospital when they were born. A lot of them were already there last December, spending Christmas and New Year confined in the wards.

Our visits and sponsorship of medication always brings smiles to the patients and their parents. It is not just the availability of the medication that makes them smile, it is also our presence, the hope that we bring to them, knowing that they have not been forsaken and that there are people who remember them.

This is but one of the many sources of fulfillment for the Hospital Ministry. This would not be possible without the generosity and the presence of our parishioners.

If you would like to know more about the Hospital Ministry or join us in our activities, please feel free to contact Nimfa Dumago at 8438830 or drop by the parish office.

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The PGH Christmas Gift Giving

Post author By Santuario de San Antonio Parish
Post date November 5, 2013

It’s November once again and Christmas is fast approaching. Gift shopping, preparations for Christmas dinners, parties, Noche Buena, and more, keep us busy and preoccupied during this busy season.

Wouldn’t it be good to pause for a while and give thought to our less fortunate brothers and sisters and see how we can share our blessings to them, as well? We know that there are many of you who would like to help out but may just not know how to volunteer or where to donate for a worthy cause.

The Hospital Ministry is one such channel. Aside from the weekly visits to the PGH Pediatrics Wards and sponsorship of medication to patients, we end the year with a bang with a Christmas activity – a mass led by Fr. Joel at the PGH Chapel followed by a gift giving to the patients for the aforementioned wards and students of Silahis ng Kalusugan (a DepEd school in the premises for students who are chronically ill and need continuous treatment). These gifts are goodie bags filled with toiletries, food items, slippers, multivitamins, toys, etc. that we know the patients and parents/caregivers need and surely appreciate. Lunch packs are also distributed to ensure that they have a good meal for the day.

This will be held this year on December 10 (Tuesday), 9am – 12pm. If you would like to inquire, volunteer, or donate, please feel free to drop by the parish office and look for Nimfa Dumago. You can also reach her at 8438830.

We look forward to more parishioners joining and helping out this year!

By Sabrina Soriano

Tags Hospital Ministry, PGH

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PGH Artist Awarding of Prizes

Post author By Santuario de San Antonio Parish
Post date October 4, 2013

The winners of our September PGH Artist contest, where they depicted “Mama Mary in My Life” as a way to honor Mama Mary during her birth month, were Judellen Naparate and Rhia Marie Ruiz, elementary students of Silahis ng Kalusugan, and Jenny Contreras and Sherllan Mamiit, patients from the pedia wards. Unfortunately, Judellen was absent from school since she hasn’t been feeling well. Sherllan was also unavailable as they live in San Pablo, Laguna and it would have been a long commute for them just to get their prize. A parent representative received the prize for Judellen while we sent the prize to Jenny and her family.

Rhia and Jenny were very excited to receive their prizes as it included: 2 tickets to Kinder Zoo in Manila Zoo (which would allow them to go up close and pet the animals and join the activities) and 2 burger meals with fries and unlimited drinks to Wham Burger in Robinsons Place.

Though a simple prize, they are looking forward to enjoying it together and doing it as a family activity. It’s always very heartwarming to see how much joy you can give to them just by simple gestures like these and which they are very thankful and appreciative of.

Thank you to all the patients and students who took part in this activity/contest. We loved all your works and it was very hard to have to choose winners among you.

Thanks, as well, to all of you who helped in choosing our winners by voting/liking the pictures of the artworks.

Looking forward to seeing pictures of their Kinder Zoo trip! 🙂

Tags Hospital Ministry, PGH, PGH Art contest