CCST MOURNS THE DEATH OF IRMA CONSUELO GARCIA HERNANDEZ-- Our hearts go out to our colleagues in Santa Rosa. Diocesan pastoral team worker Irma Consuelo Garcia Hernandez (third from right in photo above) was killed in a motorcycle accident on Jan. 26. Her colleague
Pedro Antonio Ordonez Lopez (third from left above) broke his arm in the accident. May Irma rest in peace. If you would like to extend your condolences, for now, please
e-mail the Social Pastoral Office in Santa Rosa at: diocesislima@yahoo.com.
PROJECT SUPPORT UPDATE
CCST reps help dedicate chapel/cyclone center in India -- CCST members John Schweska and Bob McLaughlin returned from India
February 28 with Fr. Raj Susaimanickam for the dedication of a chapel and cyclone center in the Nagapattinam parish village of Melakarairruppu.
80 very poor families live in the village, which is four kilometers from the nearest road. The dedication is the latest milestone in the work
between CCST and the Diocese of Thanjavur since the south Asian tsunami in 2004. Read CRS' 5th anniversary story on Metuchen's work in India
Read more about our projects overseas by clicking HERE.
JANUARY is POVERTY IN AMERICA AWARENESS month. Learn more from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
To DONATE online, please go to the Catholic Charities Online Donation page and direct gift to Catholic Relief Services Metuchen. To donate to a specific project, please indicate in the Comments section the name of the project you wish to support.
You may also send a check to: Catholic Charities Solidarity Team, Edison Family Services Center, 26 Safran Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837.
Feb 10-14: St.Bernard Parish, Bridgewater, inaugural trip
Feb 17 -- ASH WEDNESDAY, OPERATION RICE BOWL BEGINS
Feb 17 -- "Ellis Island is Closed" Event, 10.5 mile walk from Liberty State Park
Feb 23 -- Vespers, CCST presentation at Nativity Parish, Monroe Township, 7pm
late Feb -- Queenship of Mary Parish return trip to Guatemala
Members of an eight-member January 2010 Metuchen delegation are pictured amidst Santa Rosa clergy and Bishop Bernabe Sagastume in Nueva Santa Rosa.
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