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“We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.  We are one human family.  Our Catholic tradition instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first.”

Sharing Catholic Social Teaching:  Challenges and Directions,                                                                   U.S. Catholic Bishops, 1998

 

DIOCESAN LENTEN PROJECT 2003

This year our Lenten project combines the two Catholic Social Teaching principles of “Option for the Poor and Vulnerable” and “Solidarity.”  Sr. Mary Margaret Pachucki, OP, former school consultant for Catholic Youth and School Services, has offered the Catholic schools of our diocese the opportunity to help two struggling schools in South Africa.  Sr. Mary Margaret currently is on the staff of the Catholic Institute of Education established by the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference to support and assist Catholic teachers and schools across the country, particularly those in disadvantaged communities.

 

The schools Sr. Mary Margaret has recommended to us are Nkosiyetu (Christ Child in Zulu) School and Maris Stella School.  Both are located in impoverished rural areas in Zululand. These are comparatively new schools as it is only since the end of Apartheid that the government has allowed Black children to attend school.

 

WISH LIST FOR NKOSIYETU SCHOOL AND MARIS  STELLA  SCHOOL

 

•Funds for Reading books, Math materials

•Funds for student supplies, i.e. paper, pencils, pens, etc.

•Scholarships for children whose parents have died of AIDS.  The number of child-   headed households is growing alarmingly.

•Assistance for families who can’t pay school fees.  Fees are $25 per student per year.

 

WHAT CAN OUR SCHOOL DO?

•Decide which school you would like to help.

•Decide how you would like to assist this school and how you will raise the funds.

•Determine how you can include this project in various areas of the daily curriculum .

•Please remember the students and teachers of these schools in your daily prayers and at school Masses.

 

BEGIN YOUR PLANNING SOON!

LENT BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH

 

 

 

Pictures from the schools are coming from Sr. Mary Margaret soon!