Peru
In the year 2000, each Parish had to have a "Millennium Project". Fr Pat had just come back from his first visit to Peru and witnessed how poor they were. Our first project was to raise £20,000 in that year to help build Fr Alex the first church. The Parish did this after many, many kind donations and much fundraising.
It has just carried on from that year. Our generous Parish have continued to donate towards the various projects Fr Alex has undertaken over there. A working/outreach kitchen that provides over 500 meals every day to the young, ill, elderly and housebound. A Medical Centre, an eye clinic and a cottage industry for women to learn craft etc to support themselves and their children.
To date (April 2016) we have raised £117,000!
In 2015 we raised £14,000 which went towards 1 community room which is earthquake proof! (Fr Alex's request, instead of the Christmas toys we usually donate).
As Fr Alex's new vast area is in need of at least four community rooms. There currently is nowhere there for the people to gather.
March 29, 2019
Our Parishioners are taking part in a sponsored swim in aid of our friends in Peru on Sunday 14th April 2019.
If anybody is interested in taking part or would like to sponsor someone please email stvincents.volunteering@gmail.com. Alternatively sponsor forms can be found at the back of the Church.
The last sponsored swim a huge 900 lengths were collectively swam, this year they are targeting 1,000 lengths! Any contributions shal...
November 29, 2018
We are driving forward in our Peruvian Project to help raise funds for Fr Alex and his ministry.
Fr Alex wrote a message to our Parish which can be found here.
We are raising funds with 2 lucrative raffles. Barrow of Delight and a Rocking Horse with goodies.
Barrow of Delight
The Barrow of Delight made it's first appearance at the Christmas Bazaar 2017 and was extremely successful. Tickets are £5 each, you have a chance to win a w...
October 30, 2018
In a conversation i had with Fr Alex's I was given the latest news about the work being undertaken at present in his parish. He very kindly obliged by sending the letter you are about to read outlining his plans. This is an opportunity for us to lend support. We have done so with great success since the year 2000 hence this project is known as the Millennium Project. Very shortly a couple of activities will be organised to rai...
July 17, 2018
One may think that Fr. Alex has either forgotten or had no time to write his annual Christmas message. Well in fact it is neither one nor the other. It has been done on purpose and in fact the message is here.
This year I would like to meditate on the light that takes away all darkness. The celebration of Christmas is the commemoration of the most important event in human history. It is the event in which God / Love takes human...
September 5, 2017
Florence Usher one of our young parishioners has committed herself to run in aid of our Peruvian Project. She has shown love and affinity to this Parish project and made a visit to Fr Alex to see first-hand the progress being made on this mission field. She will briefly make an appeal after each Mass this weekend seeking sponsorship. I am sure you will give her your support.
To make a donation, click here to download the sponso...
April 25, 2016
This Sunday at the monthly school Mass there was an unveiling of a plaque from the Parish in Peru in recognition of all the support given by our Parish over the years.
Since 2000, we as a Parish have raised £117,000! Last year Fr Alex made an appeal and the Parish came together and raised an astonishing £14,000. These funds went towards 1 community room which is earthquake proof.
Fr Alex's new vast area is in need of at least...
April 4, 2016
Victory of life over death, love over hate, and good over evil.
Every year we celebrate Easter reminding us of Christ’s victory over death. I have lately been talking of “God is Love”, and though some may have questions about religion and God, I think that most people believe in love and oppose hatred and all it means.
With the idea of “God is Love”, it is Love that creates all that exist, it is Love itself that becomes incarn...
July 18, 2015
Hello Fr Patrick and Friends at St Vincents,
"Saludos" from Arequipa, Peru. I hope this finds all in good health and in high spirits.
I want to thank you in the first place for taking the challenge of helping me build one of the multi-purpose halls in my very extensive Parish. As I have commented before there are many settlements in the Parish and three deep ravines that divide the whole area, so I had to find strategic locat...