The operation and management of the Santa Rita Boy's Home will be provided by the JMJ HOLY FAMILY MISSION FOUNDATION and the ORDER OF AUGUSTINIAN DISCALCED (OAD) community of priests and brothers. JMJ HOLY FAMILY MISSION FOUNDATION The JMJ Holy Family Mission Foundation is established for the purpose of helping the children/youth and managing the intricacies of starting a boy's home. MISSION STATEMENT: To be God's co-workers in bringing renewal and transformation to the underprivileged children. To instill and provide in the children Christian family values To provide a facility for education and vocational skill development. To provide assistance in finding gainful employment. TARGET: Streetchildren and abandoned children - 15 years and under. Under the leadership of the following volunteers to the mission, the officers are: President - Dr. Mario Rodriguez (retired director of OSPA Hospital) Vice President Atty Bennet Pongos Secretary Rina Pongos Rodriguez Treasurer JunJun Ocampo / Linda Roura ORDER OF AUGUSTINIAN DISCALCED (OAD) priests and brothers The JMJ Holy Family Mission continues to help, in a limited way, some of the needs of the OAD community in Cebu, Butuan and in Ormoc with tuition, room and board, etc. These priests and brothers will be a powerful presence in the faith formation for the boys at the Santa Rita Boy's Home. They will be involved in the day to day operation of the kids so it is important that we also support them. This Order of Augustinian Discalced (OAD) is a mendicant order, which relies solely in the generosity of the benefactors. They have many seminarians in training as well as attending school. The OAD seminarians are not only Filipinos but from non-Christian countries such as Pakistan, India, Indonesia and Nigeria. These future priests will return as missionaries to their respective countries when they are ordain to the priesthood. |