For many years, Catholics have
followed the custom of enrolling themselves or their loved ones, living or
deceased, in Membership in The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. By
doing so, they give an ongoing gift to the new Member and to the missions.
Membership means that the person enrolled receives the spiritual benefits of
Masses said daily by mission priests; they are also included in the intentions
of a daily Mass celebrated at the Vatican.
In many mission locations, funds
from the Society are a substantial means of support. One such place is the Apostolic
Vicariate of Puyo in Ecuador. In the small town of Canelos, Padre Patricio,
ordained just six months, was put in charge of a complex of projects supported
by our members. Besides the parish,
Padre Patricio also runs a day school for hundreds of young ones and a boarding
school for teenagers – boys and girls.
The students receive a high school education along with faith formation
and vocational training; girls learn to sew (even making the school’s own
uniforms) and boys are taught to raise animals and crops. Padre even
experimented with raising tilapia on the small training farm under his care.
The day of our visit, it was a school holiday but the students were still there
– their daily meal was also provided at the school by our Members.
For more information on 5 year, 10
year or Perpetual Enrollments (suggested offerings are $5 for 5 years, $10 for
10 years, and $50 for Individual and $100 for Family Perpetuals) please call
617-542-1776 or email [email protected].
Donors can also download our catalog at
www.propfaithboston.org. Click on the Propagation of the Faith’s Mass Offerings/Enrollment
page.
-Maureen Crowley Heil
The
following people have been enrolled as Perpetual Members in
The Society for the Propagation of
the Faith:
Thomas F. O’Connell, Virginia Blais,
Thomas Cotter, Patti Page, Stan Musial,
Earl Weaver, Robert H. Bork, Claire O’Malley,
Rev. Walter F. Dirig, Hector
Camacho, Maria
Santos Gorrostieta, Dorothy
A. Tuttle, Breton
C. Young, Carl H. Lindner, Ruth
McGuire, Andrew
F. Gurley, Wayne Souza, Dom
DeLuise, Gerald E. Dugas, Jose A. Luis, Daniel Dayton, Chuck Daly, William,
Denise, Henry, Jane and Martin Richard,
John Haggerty, Margaret
Olivia Murphy,
Russell L. Browne,Walt Hazzard, Richard Nadler, Peter Zezel, Rev. Pat McCaffrey, Mr.
& Mrs. William Moyne, Angela Smith,
Delores T. Baronas, bob Tero, Robert E. Foy, The Costello Family and Sr. Agnes
Wan, Connie
Ruggiero, Michael DeBakey, Penny L. Timbie, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, George
McGovern, Rev. Thomas E. Kelly, O.F.M.,
Rev. Matthew Conlin, O.F.M.