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. ESEH 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 ESEH sisters VISIT FIVE DAYS EACH WEEK to help notify families of new inmates, visit elderly and chronically ill, give supplies, BLESSINGS, AND VISIT THE PRISONERS AND FAMILIES. THE ESEH SISTERS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED A MONTHLY VISIT TO ONE OF THE FACILITIES AT THE EL HONGO PRISON IN TECATE.MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISUAL PROGRAMS: ESEH 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.

CORAZON DE MARIA AND JESUS - SISTERS FORMATION AND MINISTRY WORK. ESEH PROVIDES SPIRITUAL SUPPORT OF 3-5 WOMEN AT A TIME 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. SISTERS MINISTRIES: EACH OF THE 11 SISTERS OF ESEH 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 ESEH 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) AIDING AND ASSISTING ONE OR MORE TIMES PER WEEK AT LAS MEMORIAS, THE HIV/AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS HOME, 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 ESEH'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, AND D) FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.EXTENSIVE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO CORAZON DE MARIA AND JESUS' FACILITY BEGINNING IN 2022 AND CONTINUED THROUGH 2024.