The final figure collected between St. Mary’s Parish and St. Nicholas Parish for our Rwanda appeal amounted to €15,682.
The breakdown is; €3192 in St. Nicholas and €12,490 in St. Mary’s. However, I need to explain the larger figure for St. Mary’s.
Of the €12,490 there were a number of large donations. There were;
one of €1,000 (from someone up the country who watches our Masses online)
one donation of €500.
two donations of €2,000 each
Thus €5,500 came from just 4 donations.
One of the donations of €2000 was given to help with the continuation of the children’s education from our appeal for Guatemala last year.
We will be forwarding €13,682 to Trócaire for the work on the houses in Rwanda. At a cost of €2500 per house, we will have covered the cost of 5, and almost a 6th home. This outdid our target of four houses.
All I can say, is that you can be truly proud of this achievement. Prayers are being matched with practical living of our faith.
Thanks to each and every one of you who helped. I am really, really proud of the achievement!!
Fr Richie
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