Santo Niño Leicester
Santo Niño Leicester
Blessed Sacrament Church
Gooding Avenue
Braunstone, Leicester LE3 1JS
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Fiesta Señor 2014 for Caritas Damayan
Fiesta Señor in Leicester UK
"May Christ inflame our hearts to joyfully share His love for us in practical and charitable ways to our brothers and sisters in need!"
BACKGROUNDER:
Typhoon Haiyan, called typhoon "Yolanda" in the Philippines, caused catastrophic damage throughout much of Leyte islands, where cities and towns were largely destroyed. As of 6:00 a.m. local time on January 14 [2014], the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) confirmed 6,201 fatalities across the country, 5,803 of those taking place in the Eastern Visayas. The actual death toll remains unclear, with the total loss of life estimated as low as 2,500 by PresidentBenigno Aquino III. As of November 13, Red Cross estimated that 22,000 people were missing while approximately 65,500 people were listed as such through Google Person Finder. [...]
(Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan#cite_note-ChicagoTribuneNov13-65)
Fiesta Señor 2014: for Caritas Damayan
After all our efforts to respond quickly to the very crucial and very urgent short-term relief needs of our suffering fellow men and women victimised by the typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda come their more important and bigger long-term rehabilitation needs (rebuilding their lives: homes, livelihood, communities, etc.); especially the most needy who have no where to turn to but to the generous sharing of our resources ('universal destination' of God's blessings -- for all & not only to the few priviledged ones).
We should not abandon them in their more important and bigger long-term needs!
Let us recall the ancient wisdomful saying that goes somewhat like this:
"Feeding a hungry man with a fish will make him live for a day; but teaching a man how to fish will make him live for the rest of his life."
Caritas Damayan is the disaster reponse project of Caritas Manila -- affiliated with Caritas Internationalis, a CAFOD partner, and affiliated with 'Caritas Philippines' NASSA (National Secretariat for Social Action - Justice & Peace). The 2nd phase of this project, which is rehabilitation, is now on the way called the 'Bricks-for-Hope' which a global fundraising campaign for the Philippines in response to the typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda disaster. (more information at: Bricks for Hope website)
Santo Niño Leicester supports this fundraising campaign. We celebrate our yearly Fiesta Señor in honour of Santo Niño de Cebu for this particular charitable cause. Our 4th objective of the celebrations expresses this: "To celebrate with a particular charitable cause: rehabilitation aid appeal for the Philippine typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) victims." (cf. our Fiesta Señor page and our Fiesta Señor 2014 Facebook event page).
"All net proceeds of Fiesta Señor 2014 celebrations is for the benefit of the Philippine typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda victims (via Caritas Manila)."
A motivational reflection:
This is our assurance that we will be rewarded not as the world rewards:
Helping the 'least ones' by 'feeding them when hungry', 'giving them drink when thirsty', 'welcoming them when strangers', 'clothing them when naked', 'caring for them when sick, 'visiting them when in prison', ... ministering to their needs (cf. Mt 25:31-46), without 'blowing a trumpet for people to see', will be rewarded by the Father who sees 'in secret' (cf. Mt 6:1-4).
The many 'nameless & faceless' most needy people (because we will not know who they are), who will never be able to repay their many 'nameless & faceless' donors (because of their anonymity), can only raise their thankful prayers to the Divine Providence who will surely bestow His bountiful blessings to all those who likewise bless others 'in secret'!
This is an opportunity for us to help the poorest of the poor who have a few or no relatives and friends to help them; they rely solely on charitable humanitarian aid.
We also welcome online donations:
Account Name: Santo Nino Leicester
Account Number: 3333 3334
Sort Code: 070093
Reference: 0748/703 868 568
cf. http://www.stoninoleics.com/linksresources
IMPT. NOTE: We need to be advised via our Contact Us page or by email, to info@stoninoleics.com, when making deposits: name or initials (optional) & amount, so that we can allocate that money to forward to Caritas Manila.
Many thanks!
May Santo Niño return the favour 'a hundredfold'!!!
May God bless us all.
VIVA SEÑOR SANTO NIÑO!!!
AFTER-EVENT UPDATES:
(From: Fiesta Señor 2014 in Leicester UK facebook event)
Santo Niño Leicester 13 February
The Fiesta Señor 2014 financial report has been audited and approved by our Steering Council. Please see the photo format copy at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=491438110957702&set=gm.264075813752751&type=1&theater
2ndly, we have also wire-transferred all net proceeds to Caritas Manila today. Please see attached photo: the copy of our SWIFT Transfer via Nationwide BS.
We shall now await for Caritas Manila to confirm with an official receipt when the funds have been received into their nominated BPI bank account (see email:https://www.facebook.com/events/242920525868280/permalink/253502218143444/).
Santo Niño Leicester 12 March
We have received the scanned copies of the acknowledgement letter & the official receipt from Caritas Manila for our donation of P72,656.69 (£1,005.32) for our dear Yolanda/Haiyan survivors brothers & sisters.
(Please see the photos attached)
May Santo Niño bless us all and especially those who are most needy of His bountiful blessings!!!
Santo Niño Leicester
Blessed Sacrament Church
Gooding Avenue
Braunstone, Leicester LE3 1JS
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