Dear Parish Family,
On the weekend of September 7/8, St. Mary Parish will welcome a representative from “Foundation For Children In Need.” Foundation for Children in Need was founded by Tom Chitta and Geetha Yeruva in 2002 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA. It is a not-for-profit organization that provides help to the needy children, college students and elderly in the rural villages of India. FCN also addresses various needs such as medical care, health education, women development, and others. At this time, FCN is sponsoring nearly 2500 children and college students and 30 elderly. FCN has established several schools, a few boarding homes for boys and girls, St. Xavier’s home for the Aged, Sneha community health center and training for women serving the needy in rural areas of India. (http://www.fcn-usa.org/aboutus).
There will be a second collection taken to support the work of FCN at all the Masses that weekend.
God bless you.
Fr. Dan Redmond