We Need $1,022.20 (Or The Cost of 330 Big Macs)

Well not the PC bloggers, though I am sure we would all have use for it…

Catholics in Malawi need it. The text below is from the website of Aid to the Church in Need. They need 1,022.20 to put a roof on that church. When I was in better financial shape, I sometimes made that much in a week serving high-priced steak and wine as a waiter at a white table cloth restaurant.

It is so very little when divided between 10 people. 1,022.20 / 10 people / 10 paychecks is $10.23 per pay period.

Could the readers and fellow bloggers here at PC come up with that for these people in Malawi - a country that is very poor, where the GDP per capita is US$ 940?

This is so very little for these people to have a Church. Less than $3.45 a day for one single contributor. I wish I still had that kinda money to just write the check.


MALAWI
A roof for the church of St Patrick

St. Patrick’s Church lies in one of the outstations of the parish of St Michael, in the diocese of Mzuzu in northern Malawi. The parish itself was established in 1949 by the White Fathers. It is situated around 220 miles (346 km) north of the diocesan centre in Mzuzu. Since 2001, for the first time, it has been in the care of a diocesan priest, Father John Benjamin Moyo. With around 16,300 Catholics this is one of the largest parishes in the diocese. And one of the largest outstations in this parish is Chisenga, which is where St Patrick’s church is situated. It has some 1,260 Catholic faithful and is growing rapidly. As a result the people have begun work on a comparatively large church and have already reached the stage where it needs a roof. They have building materials on site, but they now need professional help in order to be able to complete the church. And so Father Moyo has turned to ACN, with the support of Bishop J. M. Zuza of Mzuzu. We have promised him a subsidy of €700.

Will you help?

Donations could be made to
Aid to the Church in Need (US OFFICE)
RE: Code: 135-01-11
725 Leonard Street
PO Box 220384
Brooklyn, NY 11222

800-628-6333
info@acnusa.org

Can you do that for Him?

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4 Responses to “We Need $1,022.20 (Or The Cost of 330 Big Macs)”

  1. Mary Says:
    January 24, 2008 at 1:47 am

    Many thanks for the heads up! Chipping in $50, and wish I could more.

    Since the US web site doesn’t support secured transactions (the Donate page doesn’t use SSL/https), I’ll mail a check. Have also contacted the web master at ACNUSA to suggest SSL. Maybe future donations can safely be done online.

  2. A Simple Sinner Says:
    January 24, 2008 at 5:34 am

    Thanks Mary.

    Maybe include a note in the check you send snail mail.

    I would like to see this project fully funded in the next few months, so make sure you note on the check (if you are so inclined) that the funds are earmarked for the St. Patrick’s roof.

  3. Mary Says:
    January 29, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Yupper!

    BTW, the UCNUSA web folks tell me that they’ll completely enable secured online donations within the next few months.

  4. A Simple Sinner Says:
    January 29, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    It would be cooler still if they figure out a way to create links for donations to special projects that blogs and other groups may wish to adopt as their own.

    Later on down the line, it would be a goal of mine for the readers and contributors of PC (all two dozen of us!) to adopt a community in need.

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