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Mexican consul visiting Seymour
March 26, 2008 - 10:34AM
TRIBUNE REPORTS
The Mexican Mobile Consulate will visit a Community Services Fair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Jackson County Education Center, 1000 S. Poplar St., Seymour.
Consul Fernando Ceja and staff from the Indianapolis Mexican Consulate will visit Seymour allowing Mexican citizens to apply for or renew their Mexican passports and/or consulate identification cards.
A press conference with Ceja will be held at 11 a.m.
The consulate in Indianapolis serves Mexican citizens living in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.
La Paz de Cristo Social Ministry of Seymour is serving as host of the fair and the mobile consulate.
Several times a year, the mobile consulate sets up in different cities to allow those not able to travel to Indianapolis to process their applications closer to home.
The consulate will provide 400 documents Saturday; reservations for all documents have already been made, and no additional documents will be available.
In conjunction with the Mobile Consulate, a Community Services Fair will provide information in both English and Spanish regarding various agencies from within the Seymour and Jackson County communities.
Among the agencies participating are La Paz de Cristo Social Ministry, the Family Life Center, Healthy Families, the READ Literacy Program, the Community Health Center, Child Care Network, the Jackson County Public Library and others.
About La Paz de Cristo
What: La Paz de Cristo Social Ministry, serving Spanish-speaking residents of Seymour and surrounding areas with interpretation, translation and referrals to existing resources
Where: Its office is at 113 N. Chestnut St., Suite 302, in Seymour
Director: Kimberly Barnett
Hours: The office is open by appointment on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon.
Information: Call 524-8618
If you go
What: Mobile Mexican Consulate visit and Community Services Fair
When: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Where: Jackson County Education Center, 1000 S. Poplar St., Seymour
Information: Call La Paz de Cristo Social Ministry, 524-8618