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(Click Title for More Information) For the more than 10 years St. Ann’s Faith Formation families have been involved in charitable efforts for the poor people of Haiti, specifically in the mountainside village of Carrefour. Our connection to these people is through Mary Lou Connors, a parishioner and nurse, who visits Haiti to provide medical assistance twice annually. We are asking for new or GENTLY used CLEAN shoes that are durable and suitable for the rough rocky terrain in Haiti. We encourage you to help your child make a personal connection by learning more about Haiti and how our efforts, as a parish community, can make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children. Please ask your child to place a note or special gift (a pair of socks, ribbons, barrettes, small toy, etc.) in the toe of the shoe as gesture of care and friendship. (Please do not place candy, gum, crayons, etc. – its melts during shipping to Haiti)

Thank you to the hundreds of participants who brought ingredients to Fr. Bennett Hall and made sandwiches for the hungry in Hartford this past Sunday.  We delivered 903 sandwiches (nearly double last year’s quantity!!) and dozens of homemade St. Valentine’s Day cards to ImmaCare and Mercy Shelters and the Cathedral Food Pantry.  With such a windfall, we also made a spontaneous delivery to McKinney Shelter, whose clients were so grateful to have fresh meat and cheese sandwiches on Superbowl Sunday!  Thanks to broader publicity, several people from the greater community joined our sandwich ministry this year, to “do something kind for people in need.”  At each sandwich-making session, we talked about the factors that contribute to hunger and homelessness (poverty, abuse, mental and physical illness, etc.), asked for God’s blessing on the food, and prayed that our gesture of love would alleviate some of our recipients’ suffering.  Mark your calendar for next year’s Sandwich Sunday, Feb 2, 2020!

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