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May 2010

The Burden Basket

Issue 17

St. Joseph Apache Mission Restoration Project

Funding Progress

Since fundraising be-

gan in February 1998 we have

raised $1,664,920. Of that

amount 52% came from pri-

vate foundation grants, 7%

from nonprofit organizations,

22 % from our generous do-

nors, 10% through our stew-

ardship program and the re-

maining 9% from the hard

work of raffles, food sales and

concerts, plus interest earned.

The work continues as fund-

ing permits: Expenses to date

have been $1,631,295.

Revenue & Expenses

11/1/09— 4/30/10

Revenue

Foundation Grants $62,324

Steward Program $11,550

Donations $ 2,839

Fundraisers & Interest $ 967

Total $77,680

Expenses

Payroll Expenses $76,655

Equipment & Supplies $ 1,556

Roof Project $ 4,272

Office Expense $ 3,323

Administration &Fundraising

$ 1,768

Total

S T . J OSEPH A PAC H E M ISSION GETS SPRUCEDUP

Volunteers are always a welcomed site at the Mission and already this year we

have been fortunate to have two different groups spend their alternative Spring Break

here. The first group to come were

from Texas Tech. These nine col-

lege students really got a workout.

They began by moving everything

out of the alcoves and cleaning

up. This is always a big job after

the restoration crew has been

working inside all winter.

They also spent a day

working with our crew moving

scaffolding and did not stop until

the job was complete even though

it snowed most of the day and was

extremely cold.

Texas Tech volunteers working in the snow.

While they were here they lis-

tened to a presentation on the Apache

people by author Henrietta Stockel and

helped on other projects around the res-

ervation

Incarnate Word Academy students moving pews.

$ 87,574

There were 72 high school students plus

their chaperones in the second group from Incarnate

Word Academy in Corpus Christi, TX. The group

was broken down into groups of 9 and we had 2

groups for three days. These students dusted,

mopped and waxed the church floors, moved back

the pews and all of the items back into the alcoves.

Some of the volunteers also cleaned up the church

grounds and planted flower boxes to decorate the

interior of the Mission. This was a tremendous help,

and the Mission looks so refreshed.

Funds on hand: $44,009

In-Kind Donations from volun-

teers, staff and equipment use:

Roof Project to date

Roof Cost $217,192

Roof Funds Raised $238,718

The High School Group

$ 33,556

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W INTER A LCOVE W ORK

The winter months seemed to last forever, with more

snow than we have seen in the past 32 years. The days were

spent working in the interior alcoves. This allowed us to

leave up the scaffolding for Tommy and Martin to work on

the alcove roofs when the weather permitted. We are happy

to say that all but one alcove is completed.

Tommy and Martin, now aided by trainee Sam Sosa

have completed 3 of the 6 alcove roofs with 2 more to be

Tommy inspecting alcove work

completed by the time you read this. This will leave 1 alcove

roof and the choir loft staircase room roof to complete the

roof project. We will be excited to see the last tile installed!

Trainee David Walters working on a alcove window .

Trainee David Walters has been working with Tommy to

get the window opening ready for the stained glass window of

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. This is David’s third summer work-

ing on the restoration. David is a descendant of some of the

original builders of the church. Our other trainee, Sam Sosa

worked on the roof project last summer and liked being a part of

the Restoration Project. His general construction experience is a

real benefit to us, and he in turn is learning additional skills that

will help him in the future.

11 TH A NNUAL R AFFLE C OMING U P !

We are starting to get excited about our upcoming raffle. Each year we wonder if we will be able to attract prizes

as wonderful as in the past, and each year we are blessed with great prizes through the generosity of many people. This

year Southwest Airlines has once again donated two round trip tickets for anywhere in the 48 states where they fly. With

these tickets will be adding a couple of nights stay from a well known hotel chain. We also will have our $1,000 cash prize

and several Native American made art pieces. One is a pencil portrait that was done

by Chino Sumonait at the Institute of Native American Arts when it was at the Uni-

versity of Santa Fe. Artist Kathy Marrow has donated one of her beautiful cutting

boards pictured here. You can visit her website at: kathymorrowstudio.com. DJ’s

Jewelry in Ruidoso has also made a donation of a piece of lovely jewelry.

In all there will be 12 prizes plus 4 prizes for the top ticket sellers. If you would like

to contribute a prize it is not too late just let us know. Be sure to watch your mail for

your tickets around the middle of July. If you would like to be in the contest for

ticket sales please let us know so we can send you extra tickets.

Cutting board

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10 TH R ESTORATION A NNIVERSARY

To mark our 10th anniversary of full time work on

the restoration of our beloved Mission and important Vet-

erans’ Memorial we had a traditional Apache Blessing on

February 14th after the 10:30 Mass. Father Paul Boten-

hagan, OFM gave credit to all of the people who have

worked in the past and who are currently working on the

project to restore St. Joseph Apache Mission.

Mary Serna talked briefly about the restoration’s

history reminding everyone about the years that Sr. Juanita

Little, OSF prayed that God

would send us someone to

fix the church. God an-

swered that prayer in his

own way and time sending

us two Franciscan Brothers Peter Boegel, and Harry Vasile. The two spearheaded

the beginning efforts to get things rolling along with the Restoration Committee

who held many food sales, raffles and a powwow.

It was Harry’s idea to use the project as an opportunity to offer job skill

training to people out of the local rehabilitation center and young adults over 18

who needed job skills and

employment while getting

their GED or going to col-

lege. This training program

has allowed 31 young

adults to take advantage of the program.

One of our local traditional Apache Medicine men,

Eldon Enjady and his group came to Mass and gave past

and present workers a traditional Apache Blessing. It was

very moving and beautiful. As Eldon said “the blessing

was of thanksgiving for the work already done and for

strength and dedication for the current crew to carry on

their work safely to completion.”

Enjady’s group singing a blessing song

Eldon blessing Tommy with pollen

Our next planned celebration will be a three day

traditional feast when the restoration project is completed

in June of 2014, we hope to see you there!

Eldon blessing workers as Fr. Paul looks on

C O - D IRECTOR ’ S R EPORT : T OMMY S POTTEDBIRD & M ARY S ERNA

Each time we prepare these newsletters it is a challenge to condense so much informa-

tion into such a small amount of print. Lately I have been working on some not so pressing ad-

ministrative work that was pushed aside as my attention was focused on the roof project. As I

was filing some greeting cards it struck me just how many people there are who find this resto-

ration project as important as we do. This prompted me to want to say thank you to everyone

who supports us financially, even in these strained economic times. We are grateful beyond

words to those who volunteer, provide in-kind services, publicity, prayer and mostly moral sup-

port to myself , Tommy, the crew and this project in general.

One of my biggest challenges is to find ways to make this restoration project more visi-

ble to a wider audience. Dianna Stallings of the Ruidoso News does a great job for us in the

newspaper, and Steve Lee is exceptional at keeping our website maintained. We have been

milling over the idea of adding a Facebook site. We’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas and suggestions.

St. Joseph Parish, Mescalero, Inc.

St. Joseph Apache Mission & Veterans’ Memorial

Restoration Project

PO Box 187

Mescalero, NM 88340-0187

Phone: (575) 464-4539

Visit our website

www.stjosephmission.org

Email: petrus@matisp.net

Restoring the Building and Rebuilding Lives

What’s inside:

◊ Alternative Spring Break Volunteers

◊ Winter Alcove Work

◊ 11th Annual Raffle Coming up

◊ 10th Anniversary Blessing for Restoration Workers

◊ Co-Director’s Report

Happy Spring! We will be offering calendars for sale starting

next fall. They will feature our favorite seasonal photos of the

church and our two Mission churches. You will be able to or-

der and purchase through our website, by phone, mail or come

in an pick one up in the office.

Always honoring our Veterans Past and Present

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