Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour

PRISON MINISTRY: MOTHER ANTONIA (WHO PASSED AWAY ON 10/17/2013) LIVED IN THE LA MESA STATE PENITENTIARY LOCATED IN TIJUANA, MEXICO, FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE MINISTERED TO THE INMATES AND THE GUARDS, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES, PROVIDING SPIRITUAL COUNSELING AND SUPPORT. ESH'S SISTERS NOW PROVIDE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT TO THE APPROXIMATELY 4,000 INMATES (INCLUDES ABOUT 250 WOMEN), SUCH AS MEDICATIONS PROVIDED TO THE INFIRMARY, MATTRESSES, TOILET PAPER, PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS, CLOTHING, FANS, LINENS, BLANKETS, AND BIBLES. THE ESH sisters VISIT FIVE DAYS EACH WEEK to help notify families of new inmates, visit elderly and chronically ill, ACCOMPANY AND SUPPORT THE PRISONERS' DAILY APPEARANCES AT COURT, give supplies, BLESSINGS, AND VISIT THE PRISONERS AND FAMILIES. DUE TO COVID, AS OF MARCH 2020 THE SISTERS VISITED THE PRISON THREE DAYS PER WEEK TO DROP OFF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CLOTHING, CANDY, AND TOILETRIES. ALSO DUE TO THE SEVERE ILLNESS IN THE PRISON, APPROXIMATELY $2,000 WAS EXPENDED MONTHLY FOR PRISONERS' MEDICATIONS, EXAMS AND HOSPITAL VISITS. POST COVID, THE ESH SISTERS ARE AGAIN WORKING IN THE PRISON WITH THE PRISONERS FIVE DAYS PER WEEK. THE ESH SISTERS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO VISIT ONE OF THE FACILITIES AT THE EL HONGO PRISON IN TECATE.MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISUAL PROGRAMS: ESH PROVIDES DENTAL, OPHTHALMOLOGIC AND SOME MEDICAL SERVICES (CHEMOTHERAPY, PROSTHESIS, KIDNEY DIALYSIS, WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CRUTCHES, SURGERIES AND MEDICATIONS) TO INMATES AND FORMER INMATES (AND OCCASIONALLY GUARDS) RELEASED FROM LA MESA PRISON. ABOUT 250 MEN AND WOMEN INMATES RECEIVED DENTAL CARE. THE DENTAL PROGRAM IN THE PRISON CONTINUED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, PROVIDING EXTRACTIONS AND PARTIAL REPLACEMENTS. WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CRUTCHES, ETC.WERE ALSO PROVIDED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

Corazon de maria and jesus - sisters formation and ministry work. Esh provides spiritual support of about 15 women who are discerning their calling to serve the poor and are in formation toward the goal of taking vows to be a sister. Once that calling has been established, they undergo training and spiritual formation prior to taking their vows. Due to the pandemic, travel was restricted, therefore inquiries into the program decreased during 2020. In 2022, esh again received inquiries and visits from prospective sisters.sisters ministries: each of the 15 sisters of esh serve in various ministries, offering their talents and expertise wherever needed. They are to be as self-supporting as possible but are provided financial assistance as needed.the esh sisters living in tijuana perform the following duties: a) attending to all the spiritual needs of the prison inmates, providing supplies to the prison and medications to the infirmary b) supervising and providing a safe environment at casa campos de san miguel, c) collecting and distributing all goods necessary for the operation of the mission, d) communicating with families of the incarcerated, e) parental and child training and education, f) visiting the hospitalized inmates, g) correspondence, office support and coordination of various mission activities, and h) burying of deceased inmates who have no families.associate ministries: an associate is a person, man or woman, who gives much of their time, talents and resources to esh's mission of mercy in various ways. Associates provide the following types of backup support for the sisters in addition to their own missions: a) hospital visits, b) hiv-aids care, c) transportation of donated food, blankets, etc. From san diego to tijuana, d) fundraising activities, and e) eyeglass clinics.extensive repairs were made to corazon de maria and jesus' facility during 2022.

Casa campos de san miguel: through the "casa campos de san miguel," Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour (esh) sisters provided the following services to the poor: a) transitional housing to women prisoners released form the nearby la mesa state prison, b) for the homeless, immediate support in the form of food, clothing and medical supplies (approximately 4,000 meals served per month), c) a "dispensa" bag of nonperishable, donated food for two to four meals and often bus fare to return home (about 1,500 bags dispensed), d) a monthly $100 stipend to approximately 45 families for rent, food, school tuition and uniforms for children who otherwise would not be able to attend school. Extensive repairs were made to casa campos during 2020. Post covid pandemic, Eudist Servants is again receiving cancer patients at casa campos.