@ polycarp church ..she's on a mission funding appeal ..unfortunately, they place the "2nd offering" at the very end of the service..some people leave early...also they didn't have the special envelopes..plus there is no personal contact info for sister sophia..which would be nice..I'm more inclined to give to missions if they have personal contact info & are willing to follow up...& give a periodic newsletter about how they are doing..once I was at st. john the baptist catholic in costa mesa & the missionary from russia (who was actually a west michigan native, as am I ) did an appeal...& I added a note to my offering asking him to contact me by email, but I got no response ..why don't or won't some of these missionaries communicate at the individual level one-to-one ? or does the diocese frown upon that ? I personally enjoy mailing correspondence to specific addresses in other countries..& want to know specifics about how things are going, how a person is doing...not just a generalized "we're so poor in africa" appeal ...& sister sophia was good about giving specifics..she added that they are trying to get water to their school..which requires a well & pipes...and the pipe costs either $50 or $15 per a certain amount of feet..couldn't hear precisely..but the point is these are important specifics..biit iin this day * age a specific address or email address would be nice too (if allowed0
