Good Works

"Good works are essential and inseparable from prayer." - Pope Benedict XVI

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Please send a package valued at under $90 from the following Wish List. Values over $100 require Father Means to pay duty taxes.

Father David Means
Church of the Nativity
Galvpochtant, Box 171
685000 Magadan
RUSSIA

What's Allowed, What's Not in Russia

Babies:  Snowsuits, socks, baby blankets, vitamins.  

Mothers: Maternity clothes and feminine products.  

Children:  Socks, coats, hats, gloves, vitamins, children's tylenol, children's aspirin, school and art supplies.  

Teens:  Backpacks.  

Adults:  Pain relievers, arthritis pain relievers, winter boots, gloves, hats, socks.

Catholic Church in Siberia

Nativity Inn in Russia

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Please donate a Pre-K to Grade 8 book to
 Saint Paul School's library

Library
Saint Paul School
114 East 118 Street
New York, NY  10035

Tax-deductible suggestion:  Joseph and Chico: The Life of Pope Benedict XVI As Told By A Cat is a book for elementary school children which tells the story of the life of Pope Benedict XVI when he was growing up in Bavaria, Germany.  The story is told by Pope Benedict XVI's next-door neighbor in Pentling, Germany, Chico, the cat, who would visit Pope Benedict XVI often.  Pope Benedict XVI is a cat lover who fed stray cats in Rome and brought one Roman stray cat home with him when he was a cardinal.  The Vatican doesn't allow animals, but when asked whether Pope Benedict XVI brought his two cats with him when he moved into the Vatican, the Vatican had no comment.  The Introduction is by Monsignor Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict XVI's personal secretary.

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Saint Brigid Catholic Church
1231 Plainfield Pike
Johnston, RI  02919
(401) 944-2232
Established 1915

Saint Brigid's in the Diocese of Providence  has a Prayer Shawl Ministry in which the group crafts shawls at home and meets once a month at the parish hall to discuss patterns and enjoy each other's creations and company.  The shawls are then given free of charge to hospital patients with a tag sewn in which reads, "Do Not be Afraid:  I am With You," along with a medal and a prayer card. "The healing aspect of the shawl is important to us," said crafter Ursula Zarella.  The group keeps a string from each shawl to remember to pray for the recipient of that shawl.  If you would like to create a shawl for the ministry or know someone in need of a prayer shawl, please telephone Saint Brigid's.

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Missions

Diocese of Fairbanks [Alaska]
Parish Needs List

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Developer Wilbur Breslin has received 800 Valentine cards from Sacred Heart Academy students in Hempstead on Long Island in New York each year for years.  Mr. Breslin and his partners, Fred Colin and Louis L. Ceruzzi, Jr., developers of The Hub Shopping Center, finally relented and gave the girls what they wanted - a nearby one-acre vacant lot valued at $1.5MM to be used by the students as a parking lot.  "It's the Valentine cards every year that did it," said Mr. Breslin. 

Let's add Wilbur Breslin to our card list: 

Breslin Realty Development
 500 Old Country Road
 Garden City, NY 11530

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Catholic Charities of South Bend in Indiana needs door draft dodgers for low-income residents.  Draft dodgers are fabric logs which can be placed against the inside bottom of a door to prevent wind from entering the home and can also be placed around windows. 

If you live in Saint Joseph County you can participate in the Busy Hands program by sewing the draft dodgers on Catholic Charities' premises.  Otherwise, you can make the logs at home or purchase a draft dodger and send it to:

Busy Hands
Catholic Charities of South Bend
1817 Miami Street
South Bend, IN 46613