Our sister parishes in Hot Springs have joined together for the past 11 years to support St. Andrew's Catholic Church and School in Colladere, Haiti along with two outlying mission churches and schools. Through ongoing donations, they have been a blessing to over 700 poor Haitian children who have received needed food and educational support. A recent medical mission from St. Mary's in Hot Springs to these children, found that many of them are not receiving adequate, clean, healthy drinking water. They are receiving their water from a dirty stream which is a long distance away from their village. The distance requires a long walk and the use of buckets to carry the water from the stream.
Studies have been done and show two sites ON THEIR CHURCH PROPERTY that hopefully will provide wells of drinking water to the children and all those who live in that area. The total cost of drilling the wells and getting the water to the people for the future is around $40,000! Fr. Azimuth Servil, pastor of St. Andrew's is here with us this weekend and would greatly appreciate our help toward making the dream of good and accessible water available to those he serves a reality, as soon as possible.
I ask if you did not for whatever reason give to this worthwhile project at one of the Masses this weekend or would like to do more to send your generous checks payable to "Hot Springs Haiti Mission" to St. Mary's Catholic Church, 100 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR 79701.
Something that is so easy for us to procure-drinking water-is something that people in areas around the world like Haiti can only hope to find and have for their basic nutrition. Please remember the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew (25:35) "I was thirsty and you gave me to drink," in reference to the final judgement at the end of time and help make this happen for the children and others in this area in Haiti. THANK YOU!!!
Studies have been done and show two sites ON THEIR CHURCH PROPERTY that hopefully will provide wells of drinking water to the children and all those who live in that area. The total cost of drilling the wells and getting the water to the people for the future is around $40,000! Fr. Azimuth Servil, pastor of St. Andrew's is here with us this weekend and would greatly appreciate our help toward making the dream of good and accessible water available to those he serves a reality, as soon as possible.
I ask if you did not for whatever reason give to this worthwhile project at one of the Masses this weekend or would like to do more to send your generous checks payable to "Hot Springs Haiti Mission" to St. Mary's Catholic Church, 100 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR 79701.
Something that is so easy for us to procure-drinking water-is something that people in areas around the world like Haiti can only hope to find and have for their basic nutrition. Please remember the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew (25:35) "I was thirsty and you gave me to drink," in reference to the final judgement at the end of time and help make this happen for the children and others in this area in Haiti. THANK YOU!!!