PETA: Parish Social Services

1. Name of the Parish

 Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral Parish of St. Joseph or commonly known as
Balanga Cathedral
2. Address of the Parish
 Calero St., Poblacion, City of Balanga, Bataan
3. Name of the Parish Priest
 Fr. Ernesto B. De Leon and Fr. Regin Tenorio
4. Diocese
 Diocese of Balanga

Projects
1. Scholarship program in cooperation with Sisters of Mary and Mekong Scholarship
a. Aim: To financially assist students in their education
b. Recipients: Students
c. Process: In tandem with Sisters of Mary they will help students financially and
will provide shelter inside the school. The second one, in tandem with Mekong
a French agency, they will give students scholarship that will be good for 10
years.
2. Free clinic
a. Aim: The aim of this project/ service is to give free medical care for the
underprivileged.
b. Recipients: “Poorest of the poor” or the underprivileged
c. Process: The church will go to a poor community and they will give them card
that will give them access for medical care. The project will be done every
Tuesdays for medical care which includes OB-GYNE, Dermatology, Pediatrics
and Internal Medicine check-ups and Wednesday for Dental care. Pre-
consolation will be given, and pre-medicine as prescribed meaning the health
care providers will give patients complete set of medicine as consulted by the
doctor. They may also receive free laboratory exams if need and as advised by
the doctors, this includes x-rays, blood chemistry, ultrasound and ECG.
3. Social Programs for the Indigenous people
a. Aim: Give scholarship, health assistance, financial assistance and
employment. Will provide particular need on a personal basis.
b. Recipient: Indigenous people
c. Process: There will be an office that will let Indigenous people go as walk in
clients and will present their situation. Depending on their situation the social
worker (licensed through undergraduate degree examination) will try to help
them base on their particular need.