Re: MCA-EC - Chennai 1000 Appeal, for providing relief to flood victims in Chennai

[Ronald Dsouza]

Dear Board,

Thank you for taking this initiative.

I will mail my check on Saturday 

To adress provided in your email

To support a family.

I called India and found that the situation is extremely worse in Chennai.

I request all my family & friends in vado and association  to pledge and contribute how much they can so that our association can meet the target set by Fr Antony in helping families in crisis.

We are blessed by God abundantly and it is our moral duty in helping others in their time of need.

Merry Christmas to you all.

God Bless.

Warm Wishes of the season to you all.

Ronald.

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On Thursday, December 24, 2015, 12:05 AM, MCA-EC <in...@mca-ec.com> wrote:

Dear MCA-EC Members,

 

You may have heard about the devastating floods in Chennai and its impact on the people of Chennai. This has impacted our brethren in a big way and they desperately need our help.

 

At this time the Diocese of Metuchen along with the Catholic Charities and the Multi-Cultural Ministry is conducting an appeal called 'Chennai 1000' to collect funds.  Please see the below forwarded email from Fr. Antony who heads the Multi-Cultural Ministry, Diocese of Metuchen.

 

MCA-EC strongly encourages its members to make a charitable contribution to help our brethren. If you would like to donate to this specific cause, please send in your checks payable to MCA-EC Inc. with 'Chennai 1000' in the memo place of the check. Please mail the check to MCA-EC, P.O.Box 41, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 before 10th January, 2016. 

MCA-EC will collect all the donations received that specify ‘Chennai 1000’ and send that to Diocese of Metuchen - ‘Chennai 1000’ appeal.

 

For the people affected by the floods, there will be a rosary and mass celebrated on 16th of January, 3:30pm at St. Magdalen Church, Flemington. Please see the attached flyer for the details.

 

MCA-EC is now a 501(c ) (3) charitable organization and your donations are tax deductible, so please be generous for a worthy cause.

 

If you need a receipt for your donation or have any questions then please send an email to in...@mca-ec.com.

 

Regards,

 

MCA-EC Executive Board.

 

Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 3:36 PM
Subject: Chennai Flood

Friends!

I just came back from meeting with the President of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Metuchen. Sr. Ruth was present at the meeting also. They are happy with all the initiatives that we take in helping the flood victims.

As part of our initial plan, we will have the respective communities in the Apostolate to focus on catering to the needs of 200 families each and it will be considered as their personal ministry.

According to our budget we plan to help 1000 families with the total budget of $150,000. Each community would strive to raise around $30,000 (Each victim family would receive $150). I know this is a big total, but do not get discouraged!

Laxmipuram Parish (200 Families) - UTC
Basin Bridge (200 Families) - Goan Association
Puzhal (200 Families) - Mangalorean Association
Chengalpattu (200 Families) - Gujarati and Sri Lankan
Moolakadai (200 Families) - Fr. Antony and friends

Let us name the project - CHENNAI 1000

I am leaving for Chennai on the 25th of January. I will have the project paper ready to be submitted to the diocese and Bishop in Council along with the Catholic Charities would further push the project to the diocese. Collections, website ads, parishes all will receive information about our project. The President of the Catholic Charities said, all this will happen before Lent.

Let us celebrate a Mass together on the 16th of January at St. Magdalen Church, Flemington to thank God for our initiative and pray for the people. Coffee and Snack can be arranged of you like after the mass.

Please collect all you can and keep it within your group. The Diocese is organizing a special account for us so that transfer and future missions would be done through this. Collect money as your personal project.

We need flyers regarding the Chennai 1000 project and Mass.

Please pass on your suggestions and send this info to your friends.

Thank you,

Sincerely,

Fr. Antony

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