60th Annual Peru Mission Dinner
Our annual dinner was held on Monday, October 13, 2025 at the Sheraton Hotel at Station Square.
Our Annual Chimbote Mission Dinner honoring life – the life-giving, life-sustaining and life-affirming ministry of our Catholic medical missionaries in Chimbote, Peru
This annual night of celebration strengthens the Center of Social Works where there has now been more than 100,000 babies born at the maternity hospital, and where the health clinic is beginning to ramp up to its pre-pandemic volume of 1,000 patients per day.
If you were unable to attend this year’s dinner, we are still accepting donations.
2025 Chimbote Mission Video
“Building on the Rock Foundation”
Thanks to mission partners like you, in 2022, we were able to invest more than $200,000 in an Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade Project that included a generator and other critical upgrades. In 2024, again, due to your ongoing support, the board of the Chimbote Foundation approved an IT Renovation Project at an estimated cost of $500,000. As an example of why this too is critical, many of their current workstations are running unsupported Microsoft operating systems from the 1990s.
Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors
Principle Dinner Sponsor
Most Reverend Mark A. Eckman and the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Mission Partners ($5000)
The Catholic Cemeteries Association
Friends of Chimbote ($2500+)
Beth Hutter and Kenneth Roos
In Memory of Mr. James R. Ferry by Mrs. Mary Carleen Ferry
Msgr. John Kozar
Ms. Mary Lou Einloth
Chimbote Benefactors ($1000-2499)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish
Fr. Albin McGinnis
Anonymous in Memory of Mary M. and Gerard H. Hungerman
Anonymous
Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish
Gregory Roos: In Memory of Kenneth and Msgr. Jules Roos
Mr. Desmond McCarthy
Saints Martha and Mary Parish
St. Isidore the Farmer Parish
Patrons of Service ($500-999)
Anonymous
Dorothy Voith
Dr. John and Mrs. Julieta Uribe
Felician Sisters of North America
Mr. John McKeown
Mr. Michael Woshner
William Shuttleworth
Ms. Mary Lou Gartner
Partners of Peru ($250-499)
Firewater Response LLC
Fr. George Moneck
Fr. James Torquato
Mr. Jim and Mrs. Jan Zielinski
Mr. Joel and Mrs. Anne Madison
Ms. Megan Roos Patterson
Paul J. Gitnik, J.D., LL.M.
Rozann Saaty
Dr. Patrick and Mrs. Rita Joyce
Mr. Charles and Mrs. Joan Kilgore
Fr. John Jordan
Mrs. Sandra Foody
Anonymous
Mr. Tom and Mrs. Rita Gurganus
William and Susan Caldwell
Good Samaritans ($150-249)
Alberto Davila
Anonymous
Ms. Jennifer MacNeil
Anonymous
Friends of the Poor ($100-149)
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Barbara Roos in memory of Dan Roos
Deacon Matthew Selzer
Fr. Robert J. Vular
Fr. Thomas Dansak
Karen Shepherd
Mr. David and Mrs. Catherine Truckley
Mr. David and Mrs. Noreen Saville
Mr. Steve and Mrs. Patty Mahr
Richard Roos in memory of Msgr. Jules Roos
With Heartfelt Gratitude for the Following Table Sponsors
Deacon Frank and Mrs. Norma Szemanski
Deacon Frank and Mrs. Norma Szemanski
Saint Philip Parish
Saint Philip Parish
Saint Oscar Romero Parish
Saint Oscar Romero Parish
Holy Family Parish
Holy Family Parish
Holy Family Parish
Anonymous
Deacon Tim and Mrs. Lisa Noca
Deacon Tom and Mrs. Donna Lopus
Divine Grace Parish
Ferry Electric Company
McGuire Memorial
Mr. Bradley and Mrs. Carol Franc
Mr. Patrick and Mrs. Carol Riley
Mr. Richard and Mrs. Anna Marie Rettger
Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Cheryl Shanahan
Mrs. Gretchen Roos and Mr. Scott Lane
Ms. Milagros and Mr. Enrique Mu
Regina Coeli Parish
Saint Catherine Laboure Parish
St. Michael the Archangel
The Catholic Cemeteries Association
Triumph of the Holy Cross Parish
Fr. Kevin Poecking
Deacon Joe and Anna Marie Dougherty
Seminarian Table Sponsors
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Boyce
Saint Philip Parish
Saints Martha and Mary Parish
Student Table Sponsors
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Boyce
Mrs. Jean Comber In Memory of Mr. Gerald P. Comber
Mrs. Jean Comber In Memory of Mr. James J. Ferry
President Ken Gormley and Duquesne University
Photos from the 2025 Annual Dinner
