OLLP Bangkal Operation-Tuli 2019

“This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you that you must keep: every male among you shall be circumcised. Circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and shall be the mark of the covenant between you and me.” (Genesis 17:10-11)

One hundred fifty (150) male children between 6 and 12 years old, availed of the Free Operation Tuli held at the ground floor of the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Pastoral building on May 5, 2019, at 09:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The number of the recipients exceeded from the one hundred initial budget.

According to Sis. Ofelia Bautista, OLLP PSAM Coordinator, the registration started at 07:00 in the morning. Received feedback that there were some parents and guardians together with their child who were already in the Parish as early as 05:00 a.m. Those who came to avail of the free services includes Parishioners from other Parishes.

Rosario Rivera, a Pharmacist and the OLLP-Caritas Co-ordinator, said that the objective of the Operation Tuli, aside from the service aspect, is to uplift the health condition of male children. The Operation-Tuli is part of the regular Year-Round programs and activities of the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish spearheaded by the Parish Social Action Ministry and Caritas in partnership with San Pedro Hospital, which is conducted every summer since the parish was established in November of 2013.

Charito Rivera, Ofelia Bautista and Rev. Fr. Leonie H. Espana, DCD, Episcopal Vicar for the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Davao and OLLP Parish Priest, expressed their grateful appreciation to the fifteen (15) attending physicians and fifteen (15) Registered Nurses and Interns for the services they have extended as instruments in fulfilling God’s Covenant of Circumcision.

The presence of the eighteen (18) Caritas and PSAs from different GKKs in OLLP was a big help as they assisted them in the errand works. (Vinny G. Bajo, OLLP SoCCom)