#MayMalasakit (#WithCompassion)
Philippine Typhoon Appeal
FIESTA SEÑOR 2021 CHARITY APPEAL in Leicester UK
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 our 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 and Christian aid.
VIVA PIT SENOR!!!
‘Halad kang Señor’ (Offering for our Lord) envelopes/online
• for the benefit of typhoon Rolly (Goni) & Ulysses (Vamco) victims (all of net proceeds less operational expenses) via Caritas Manila by Ria remittance
• numbered and monitored envelopes: posted on request
- will either be posted back to Peter no later than 3-days before the feast-eve Mass or brought and dropped on a designated basket at the Church entrance upon entry for the Mass
- the basket shall be brought forward by an official steward and placed at the foot of the Santo Niño altar during offertory (of course, hand-sanitising afterward)
- the basket shall be securely taken home by Peter and left untouched (quarantined) for 72-hours before accounting
- (if still there are pahabol’s, like failure to drop on entry, simply quickly drop on exit; if no envelop, cash may be dropped quickly on exit)
• Alternately, a direct digital transfer payment option to our Nationwide club account (a passbook account) shall also be made available:
- Account Name: Santo Nino Leicester
- Account Number: 3333 3334 / Sort Code: 070093 / Reference: 0748/703 868 568
• Full transparency policy shall be practiced as we have always done:
- showing a roster of all numerically ordered numbers of envelope donations and their matching donation amounts; receipts (which also quotes every corresponding envelope number) shall be issued to donors
- and an alphabetical list of names of donors (real/alias/anonymous); how many are the returned envelopes with donation should match with how many are the names on the roster of envelope donors
- for those paying online: a roster of alphabetised names shall also be presented that should match with how many entries were paid into our club account as shown in a scanned-copy of our updated account passbook
- motive: though this sounds complicated, this is to ensure that donors who opt not to reveal the amount of their donation for any personal reasons may do so with whole-hearted happy giving; also ‘there is more reward in heaven’ from what the Father sees done in secret (cf. Mt 6:4).
• will be promoted well in advance on social media and will be posted to donor on request not later than 1-week before the feast-eve Mass
• 31.January.2020 (end of month) shall be the set deadline to have received all donations in envelopes and directly into our account.
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” (Lk 6:32-36)