Editorial

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Dear Friends,

We are an International Humanitarian Association, not for profit, which builds Field Hospitals in areas of medical desertification, in all the countries of the World. In this period of global coronavirus pandemic, our Hôpital de Campagne Association finds all its legitimacy.

We inspire ourselves from the values of the Catholic Church.

His Holiness Pope Francis has sent a letter from the Vatican to give his blessing and bring his support to our Hôpital de Campagne Association. It is a very great encouragement and an immense joy for us all.

The General Chaplain of our Association, His Eminence Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, has decided to publish this letter from the Holy Father on the website of our Association https://www.hopital-de-campagne.com so that all may be able to view it. You shall therefore be able to read it on our website, and thus know us better.

Our International Humanitarian Activities are led by our Teams of Volunteers, called "Teams Saint Elizabeth".

We have created our own Hôpital de Campagne Publishing House in order to be able to transmit our message to the greater number of people.

We are currently building a Field Hospital in France, in the Finistère department. We also have another Field Hospital in preparation in the Val d’Oise department as well.

We need you. Join us, the subscription is totally free and the terms of membership are displayed on our website. No financial participation is ever asked from any of our members. Our resources come solely from subventions, donations, bequests and all resources and income authorized by the laws and regulations in effect. We have created our own Dotation Fund for this purpose. 

We are providing you with a Registration Form, which you just need to fill in and send us by mail or e-mail, or directly fill in on our website.

We have also attached a poster to this letter, as well as brochures and prayer cards.

We have put a “Make A Donation” section on our website for people who wish to financially help us build our Field Hospitals. The amount of the donation is of their own choosing. A tax receipt is delivered following the online donation.

The Prefect of Paris has authorized us through a Prefectural Decree dated March 17th 2021 to do a great campaign to “Call on Public Generosity”, which we are starting on March 19th 2021. The goal is to raise the necessary funds to build our Field Hospitals in areas of medical desertification, in this period of global COVID pandemic. 

In the context of this great campaign to call on public generosity, we are sending you posters and brochures so that they may be presented in churches, parishes and monasteries, and also in all the places where you evolve, in order to better make us known. We would be extremely grateful to you if you could hang this poster in your churches and distribute theses brochures and prayer cards around you. By a simple written request from you, we can send you a greater number of them.

Come help us build our Field Hospitals, by supporting us by your prayers, and by becoming a Member.

Sick people need us, we wish to heal them and to bring them happiness and comfort. Our Association provides its help to people in suffering, notably children, regardless of their country of origin, regardless of their condition, regardless of their religion, and regardless of their philosophical or political opinions.

We have put a grand Global Prayer Chain in place. Join us each first Friday of each month at 3pm for our grand Global Prayer Chain, recite with us the Prayer of our Hôpital de Campagne Association, which will therefore go around the World. All our prayers are deposited at the Grotto of Lourdes at the feet of Our Lady The Virgin Mary. The letter that His Holiness Pope Francis has had sent from the Vatican reached us on Friday, June 5th 2020, exactly on the day of our Global Prayer Chain, to give us his blessing and bring his support to our prayers. It is a true encouragement for us all to pray all together.

Dear Friends, we need you. Thank you wholeheartedly for your help.

                             Doctor Suzanne de La Messelière

                                                                                   President