It’s good when children can embolden themselves and take on responsibility

Feb 17, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
Not much positive work that the Roman Catholic Church is doing in the world and even here in Guyana get highlighted in the media. The foreign media has never been a fan of the Church.
Its cruel and biased “over reporting” on the sex abuse scandals and such like in the past have positioned the media and Rome on opposite sides of the coin. The Church, though, continues to make use of the media in all form, for example, print and visual media, even the internet.
The Diocese of Georgetown, recognising its pastoral duty to take care of the poor, has raised some $2.5 million to the Haiti appeal fund which was launched by Bishop Francis Alleyene, OSB, on January 15 following the earthquake. According to the Catholic Standard of February 5, “To date, monies received from Parish collections amounted to $702,887, groups and companies $1,100,063 and individuals $776,420 amounting to $2,579,370”.
In the last issue of the Standard, another welcoming piece of news appeared. This time, the only Roman Catholic school in the country, Marian Academy, raised over half a million dollars for Haiti. This sum was raised at an assembly put on by the teachers and thoughtful students of that school, under the care and administration of Sister Marie Harper, OSU. Earlier, the school held a blood drive as well.
These are all instances when the Church has responded whenever there is a need for humanity. The Church, a human institution, directed by the Spirit, is entrusted with the sacred duty of providing the basic necessities to the poor whenever there is a need. There is that need in Haiti today. It is good when school children can embolden themselves and take on the responsibility of doing what the students of Marian Academy did. In the process of giving, they have not only fulfilled their common duty to their fellow human beings in need, but have also learned a very valuable lesson which they will take with them throughout their lives.
Leon J. Suseran

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