Peru Mission Dinner – Impact of Coronavirus Your Support Needed
Our 2020 Chimbote Mission video is now available.
Please click the below button to make a donation to provide critical medical help to our brothers and sisters in Chimbote. Thank you to all of those who participated by viewing our video and supporting this worthy cause through their generous donations and prayers.
55th Annual Peru Mission Dinner – Critical Need for Your Support
In lieu of our planned October 13, 2020 annual dinner, we have prepared a special video presentation featuring updates from Chimbote Mission co-founders, Sister Margaret Mary Birchmeier and Sister Lillian Bockheim; observations from long-time Chimbote Mission supporter, Mike Clark of WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, and special remarks from Bishop David Zubik. Please view the video at your convenience and consider a donation to the Mission in this especially difficult time.
The impact of the Coronavirus is being felt throughout Peru, and the poor are particularly hard hit. Your prayers for their health and well-being are especially needed.
Thank you, stay safe and God bless you.
Thank You to Our 2020 Sponsors
Bridge of Love and Hope ($2500-$4999)
Ferry Electric
Chimbote Benefactors ($1000-2499)
Catholic Cemeteries
Jean Comber
Saint Wendelin School
Called to Service ($500-999)
A. G. Martini & Company
Peter Diulus, ChFC
Gateway Engineers
Partners of Peru ($300-499)
A. G. Mauro Company
Fagan Sanitary Supply
Thank You to Our 2020 Donors
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Adamonis
Ms. Judy Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard E. Beer
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Beri
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bobish
Mr. and Mrs. Keith S. Boyce
Ms. Margaret S. Boyle
Mr. Eric P. Campagna
Mr. John G. Carberry
Deacon and Mrs. Rick J. Caruso
Catholic Cemeteries Association
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Colia
Mrs. Jean F. Comber
Mr. James Concelman
Mr. John G. Cvetic
Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Daly
Mrs. Christina Damon
Reverend Thomas E. Dansak, STM
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dickerson
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Diulus
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Donohue
Mr. George C. Dorman
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dulski
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Evans
Fagan Sanitary Supply
Mr. James Fanning
Mrs. Mary Carleen Ferry
Ferry Electric Company
Ms. Sandra H. Foody
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Freker
Ms. Jean L. Gabor
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Gartner
Gateway Engineers
Mr. Frederick Gimbel
Ms. Gail Greenfield
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Grefenstette
Reverend John L. Gudewicz, M.Div.
Deacon and Mrs. Albert E. Heiles, Jr.
Holy Child Council # 12043
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Jezerc
Mr. Jesse Joyce
Dr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Joyce
Mr. Doug Kellar
Mr. Joan L. Kilgore
Mr. Charlton Kilgore
Reverend Thomas W. Kunz, J.C.L.
Ms. Judith A. Langdon
Ms. Jooyoung Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo Luckow
Mr. Jim Luteran
Ms. Mary Mahinske
Mr. James Maochi
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Marinelli
Mr. Michael Marshalek
A. Martini & Co, Inc.
The A. G. Mauro Company
Mr. Desmond P. McCarthy
James W. McCarthy, Esq.
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene D. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Reverend Albin C. McGinnis
Reverend Thomas R. Miller, M.Div., M.A.
Deacon and Mrs. Gary Molitor
Ms. Cathy Morrida
Deacon and Mrs. Tim F. Noca
Dr. Monica M. Null
Mrs. Megan Roos Patterson
Mr. Andrew L. Pleva, Jr.
PPG Industries Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Giovanni Puppo
Mr. Joe Quigley
Deacon and Mrs. John E. Ragan
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Rettger
Mr. Richard R. Roos
Ms. Gretchen L. Roos and Mr. Scott Lane
Mr. Kenneth A. Roos and\ Ms. Beth C. Hutter
Mr. Greg J. Roos
Mr. and Mrs. John Rosser
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Sabol
Saint Isidore the Farmer at Saint Columbkille Parish
Saint Wendelin School
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Saville
Miss June M. Schaut
Mr. Matthew Schmidt
School Sisters of St. Francis
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Selep
Ms. Evy Severino
Ms. Bridget Spitznagel
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Stalder
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Summerscales
Mr. Michael Tabak
Deacon and Mrs. Richard M. Tucek
Mrs. Janet Turbish
Ms. Nancy Urban
Mr. and Mrs. Tom VanHimbergen
Ms. Dorothy M. Voith
Deacon and Charles J. Vukotich, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ward
Most Reverend William J. Winter, S.T.D.
Deacon Patrick G. Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Woshner
Yohe Roofing Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim J. Zielinski
2020 Memorial Gifts
In honor of Fr. Gerald Lutz (All Saints Men’s Club) — Saint Bonaventure Parish
In memory of Gary Shanahan — The Honorable and Mrs. Jeff E. Beckham
In memory of Gary Shanahan — Mrs. Mildred Brunner
In memory of Gary Shanahan — Ms. Susan DeBacco
In memory of Gary T. Shanahan — Mr. Greg Dyer
In memory of Matthew Clark — Ms. Margaret A. Hofscher
In memory of Gary Shanahan — Mr. Mark J. Homyak
In memory of Jack & Rose Mele — Very Reverend Joseph M. Mele, VE, Ph.D.
In honor of Gary T. Shanahan from your family @ Shanahan Transportation
In memory of Gary Shanahan — Ms. Diane M. Shosky
In memory of Gary Shanahan — Mr. and Mrs. James A. Soya
For the Mission of Pat & Rita Joyce & In memory of Teresa Ruth Salinas Altuna — Mr. Gene P. Tempesta
In memory of Gary Shanahan — Mr. and Mrs. Brad J. Werley
Friends of Gary Shanahan from Indiana, PA
The Family of Gerald P. Comber
Wrap Up from the 54th Annual Peru Mission Dinner
On Thursday, October 24, 2019, during our 54th Annual Peru Mission Dinner, the Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Chimbote Foundation joyously celebrated the 100,000th birth at the maternity hospital! It was a night to remember as we honored life – the life-giving, life-sustaining and life-affirming ministry of our Catholic medical missionaries in Chimbote, Peru.
Our dear friend of Chimbote, Mike Clark, distinguished news anchor for WTAE-TV, volunteered, once again, to be our dinner’s Master of Ceremonies. Recent mission teams served as Dinner Hosts. They, too, have witnessed and shared the heartwarming stories of this amazing “Bridge of Love and Hope” that links two continents, two diocese and two peoples, all one in Jesus Christ.
At the 2019 dinner, we heard from Chimbote what the schoolchildren and families of Pittsburgh have been able to accomplish when our hearts open to the call of Jesus in Saint Matthew’s Gospel, “Whatever you did for one of these least of mine, you did it for me!” [Mt 25:40]
You can still donate to support our missions and the people of Chimbote.
2019 Peru Mission Dinner Video
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The Poorest of the Poor in Chimbote Thank You for Your Prayers and Support!
Photos from the 2019 Annual Dinner
(Click to enlarge. All the photos credit Mr. Norbert [Chip] Kelsch.)
Photos from Previous Annual Dinners
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NEW PODCAST
A Beautiful, Uplifting Story about Catholic Faith in Action!
Attorney Gretchen Roos and Deacon Tim Noca of the Chimbote Foundation board of directors discuss a half century of help and hope offered for the poorest of the poor in Chimbote, Peru. They were interviewed recently by Father Tom Burke for the diocese’s “Catholic Education Plus” radio program on KDKA-AM.