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St. John XXIII will participate in the Milwaukee Archdiocese Missionary Cooperation program on August 3-4, 2024.

We have been assigned the organization Foundation for Children in Need (FCN) for this year’s appeal. FCN is a lay Catholic organization providing hope and assistance to people living in the rural villages of India. The donations received go far in India, providing rural village children and college students with food, education, and medical care. They also provide assistance to the elderly and medical care for village people who often lack access to hospitals. In the past eight years, they have helped 200 children born with cleft lip with free life-changing surgeries.

Dr. Geetha Yervua and Tom Chitta, founders of FCN, will be speaking at our weekend mass on August 3 and 4 and we will betaking a collection to support their ministries. Your support will have far-reaching effects in their services to the poor in South India. To learn more about FCN, please visit: www.fcn-usa.org.

The missionary, Dr. Geetha Yeruva has asked if anyone would be able to host her overnight on August 3. If you have space or a room please contact me.

Fr. Pat