On behalf of Father Cronin and the St. Mary Twinning Committee, I would like to thank you for your 2011 generous $50 donation which will educate, for one year, one student at our sister parish and also help purchase much needed school supplies for Ste. Therese.
I am pleased to provide you with the following information:
Since “Twinning” with Ste. Therese in Marbial, Haiti, five years ago, St. Mary has supported our sister parish with $31,030 of financial assistance intended solely to help educate the nearly six hundred K through 8 and high school students at St. Therese.
In early March 2010, lead by Dr. Richard J. Garvey, St. Mary sent a sixteen person medical team to Ste. Therese for eight days, which proved to be extraordinarily productive and gratifying. The team provided superior, sympathetic, and sensitive medical care to over fifteen hundred individuals and performed twenty-three successful surgeries.
Each year, St. Mary sends to Ste. Therese items to improve both the physical and emotional well-being of our Haitian brothers and sisters. These products include over-the-counter medications, first aid kits, medical and school supplies, personal hygiene items, eye glasses, various tools, Treadle Sewing Machines, and recreational items such as soccer balls, which are all very much needed, most welcomed, and greatly appreciated. Over the years our committee has developed an expression: “Everyone in Haiti needs everything.”
During January 2011, we supplied 225 water purification systems to Ste. Therese, which will provide clean water for one year for approximately 1,800 individuals. These clean water systems will not only save lives, but will substantially improve the general health of the community. Earlier last month we supplied an additional 400 systems which will provide clean drinking water for approximately 3,400 more individuals.
Our exceptional response to the needs of our sister parish are possible only because of the remarkable generosity of the parishioners of St. Mary, their families and friends, as well as other supporters.
As always, I ask that you keep our Haitian brothers and sisters in your prayers; let us all remember: “Our love must not be a thing of words and fine talk. It must be a thing of action and sincerity.” (1 John 3:18)
With warmest regards,
Mike Mercurio
Twinning Chair
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