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"GOATS and GOWNS" Fundraiser
Please consider a donation to our fundraising effort to purchase 84 goats and sponsor the Sacrament of Marriage for 26 couples at our new partner church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Lafond, Haiti.
The suggested donation to purchase a goat is $210 and a wedding sponsorship is $400. Of course any amount you are able to contribute will be appreciated. You may also want to join with your small Christian community, CHRP team of other church community or ministry to make a group contribution. In fact, Men of Good Shepherd (MOGS) has already made a contribution to purchase five goats and one marriage sponsorship, and because of your prior generosity, we have already been able to provide some advance funding to begin the goat program!
You can give online (see below), drop a check in the basket as you leave Mass, stop at our ministry table after Mass, or at the church office during the week. Please note Goats and Gowns in the memo line.
We have also made it possible to give in honor of a loved one for Christmas, Confirmation, or an upcoming birthday. These beautiful cards with artwork of the Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help can be given to your honoree to let them know you have given in their name and the minimum donation is only $25! Ask a representative of our Haiti Outreach ministry for details.
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Ministry Contacts
Tom Fackender
Email: tom.fackender@gmail.com
Betty Serow
Email: bettyserow@yahoo.com
Art Wright
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We need your help!
Almost all of the work is done here at home. Very few of us go to Haiti!
Please consider doing one or more of the following:-
Join a working group
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Be part of a team that goes to Haiti
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Help plan future projects
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Join our mailing list
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Our Mission
The Mission of the Haiti Outreach Ministry is to help the Catholic families of Haiti become economically self-sufficient.
- Local people identify the problem and determine the long-term solution.
- We undertake no project, nor fund any service or activity that is not sustainable.
- We require full accountability and stewardship so recipients know their responsibilities and donors know their gifts are being used wisely.
- Our commitment to any one parish is time-limited. "if they are still dependent on us in 5 years, we've failed."
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Past Successes
As planned, we have concluded our relationship with St. Dominque Church in Marigot, Haiti after six years. We have many fond memories of the friends we made there and leave behind a legacy of both livestock and village bank programs that continue to grow and prosper.
The livestock program, to which Good Shepherd contributed 120 goats has grown to serve 185 families with a total of 272 goats in inventory.
The village bank program is now making a second round of small business loans and currently has 31 members. Both programs will continue to be managed by Fr. Levielle and parish leadership as we depart. During our time with St. Dominque, Good Shepherd also provided funding for pews at St. Matthew Chapel and a new roof at St. Andrew Chapel. We believe we can confidently say that our partnership with St. Dominque improved the lives of many of its families.
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