My Dearest Friends of Akamasoa!
God’s Providence is presenting us with a new, 28th year of opportunity to humbly show our gratefulness to Him for His many blessings.
We answer to this beautiful challenge, in sharing His blessings upon us with those in need, as those: over 20,000 of our adopted orphans and abandoned children at Akamasoa in Madagascar.
Animated and strengthened by the last year’s Fr Pedro’s presence at our last Charity Dinner/Night – thank God – already some of our faithful and generous hearts, begun to fill up our Akamasoa account with their kind and abundant donations.
In Old Testament’s book of Proverbs 19:17, there is beautifully proclaimed: “When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the Lord, and the Lord will pay you back”
And Jesus Himself stated in Mark 9:41: “I assure you that anyone who gives you a drink of water because you belong to me will certainly receive his reward“
Therefore, My Dear Friends, let’s go and lend generously to our Lord suffering in our ‘least important once’, to assure our ‘return’ for this holy ‘investment’, finding ourselves to be welcomed by the Lord at the end of our ‘traveling’ in this Valley of Tears: “Well done, you good and faithful servant!… Come on in and share my happiness” (Matthew 25:21a. 21c)
https://www.catholicmission.org.au/stories-of-hope/talking-mission-fr-pedro-opeka
This year, we are blessed by the hospitality of the Catholic Primary School at Our Lady of the Rosary Fairfield Parish for our 28th Charity Dinner on Saturday 31st October.
Mrs Jackie Vella, the Principal, graciously (no fee applied!) opened the door of this school hall, happily taking part in helping the education of over 20,000 orphans and abandoned children at Akamasoa in Madagascar. May the Good Lord bless our new benefactor of Fr Pedro’s endeavour amongst our adopted children!
This year The Good Lord is blessing us and our adopted children at Akamasoa through the generosity of our usual and new Big Hearts providing prizes for our Charity Tombola!
Buying the booklet of tickets (one ticket: $2), you will be a part of the great project called “Akamasoa” in Madagascar. It was funded by Fr Pedro OPEKA (see http://www.perepedro-akamasoa.net/) in 1989. For the last 36 years it provides an urgent temporary relief to 25,000 (21,000 children) of the poorest of the poor through: getting children to the primary, secondary and tertiary education; providing vocational training; providing health care; building family housing for the homeless; providing employment through the activities of the association and outside; accompanying the return of families without work in villages and towns of origin and providing access to services for all poor of the neighbourhood. May Almighty GOD reward your goodness with His blessing! (The winning number will be announced on 31/10/26 at www.australiansformadagascar.org)
*Bowerhaus policy on raffle prizes: Though all raffle items donated are valuable, they have no monetary value toward exchange or upgrade; (however, they still bare Bowerhaus’ pride of good workmanship. (10000 tickets printed, sponsored by Mario Iunius)
These are the generously provided prizes with the names of benefactors/businesses:
- Bowerhaus*matched set of 14 mm rare champagne-blushed6coral hue pearls, consisting of a necklace & coordina-ting diamanté earrings, valued at $2800. – donated by Elizabeth Lee
- Bowerhaus Classic baroque pearl necklace & matching diamanté earrings donated by Elizabeth Lee, valued at $2200
- Bowerhaus Classic white round pearl necklace with matching earrings valued at $2000, donated by Elizabeth Lee
- Voucher $500.00 from Myer – donated by Nadia Fortuné
- Everyday WISH Gift Cardvalued $500.00 donated by Nadia and Laurent Schwarz
- 1 Bottle of Chivas Regal 4.5 Lt valued at $499 from «Valore Cellars»
- Gourmet hampervalued at $500.00 from «Apromo Trading Pty Ltd».
- Gift Basketvalued at $250.00 from «GJ Food».
- Gift basketvalued at $100.00 donated by Sybra & Harry Hunt
- Gift basketvalued at $100.00 donated by Sybra & Harry Hunt
- Vouchervalued at $100.00 donated by «Ganache Pâtisserie Française» at Castlecrag
Drawn at OLR’s Parish Primary School Hall at 20 Vine St; Fairfield 2165 – Saturday 31st October 2026
Donations:….………52,925.00
High Tea………………..100.00
Tombola…….………..2,180.00
Sales: …………..…….2,760.00
TOTAL:……… …..… 57,965.00