We really don’t mean to be pests.
We promise we will never send you two e-mails in 24 hours.
We just receive the same question a number of times and thought you might have the question as well.
But first a story…
A few years ago a youth minister from NC gave me an envelope of cash with the instructions, “The next time you are in Central or South America make sure this finds good use.” The envelope sat on my desk for almost two years. I felt bad about this, but for some reason, something just told me it was fine. I knew the right moment would come.
Last May I found myself in Chimbote Peru and I handed the money to Fr. Jack. I told him the story of where the money came from. Later that night Fr. Jack found me and asked if I could come meet some people.
Fr. Jack introduced me to a young couple and their 11 year-old son. Fr. Jack told me how the young man had an infected eye. (I saw the eye and “infected” doesn’t begin to describe what was going on.) Fr. Jack then informed me that $90 from the envelop of cash was going to pay for an operation that was going to save the eye and the boys sight.
I could easily spend $90 at the mall and give it a little thought. For the members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help who on average make about $1 a day, that is three months of income.
The reason I tell this story…I received a number of e-mails from people asking if there was some way they could help out.
If you would like to make a donation to the work of the parish (which has over 35,000 parishioners and that is NOT a type), you can do it through our web site. If you don’t want to make a donation on line, but would rather send a check, just e-mail me and we can work that out.
On-line donations can be made at
http://www.apexministries.com/store/donateOLPH.htm