St. Innocent's Charities 

by St. Innocent's Parish Council

"Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have being. Happy is he…whose hope is in the Lord his God…who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down…he upholds the widows and the fatherless… The Lord will reign for ever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!"

--Psalm 146

We would like to introduce you to two of the charities that St. Innocent's supports (You can too!)

Project Mexico

    Project Mexico is an outreach which involves Orthodox young people in the alleviation of suffering by building homes for Mexico's poor. Thousands of teens and young adults from all jurisdictions across the United States and Europe have participated.
    Project Mexico also includes St. Innocent Orphanage and Mission Church in Tijuana, Mexico. This facility serves as a base for homebuilding trips and as a center from which evangelistic outreach can be conducted into neighboring communities. 

  St. Innocent Orphanage provides a home for young teenage boys who otherwise would be forced to live on the streets. This is the only facility in all of Tijuana which focuses on orphaned and abused teenage boys.

For more information, click on www.projectmexico.org.
You can also send a donation to:

Project Mexico

P.O.Box 120028

Chula Vista, CA 91912-3128.

"Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of God is this...to care for orphans and widows in their distress..." (James 1:27)

The Hogar Rafael Ayau Orphanage in Guatemala

The Hogar Rafael Ayau is an orphanage in Guatemala, housing an average of 170 children at any given time. Some children are in the process of adoption, others have been abandoned on the streets and are waiting to see if they will be reclaimed by their families. The youngest child ever to be placed in the Hogar was one day old. The oldest children are elementary age, girls up to 12 years old and boys up to 9 years old.
The Hogar is run by Orthodox nuns living at the Monasterio Ortodoxo Lavra Mambre in Guatemala. The orphanage was founded in 1857, and was the first home for abandoned children in the area. Today, the 5 nuns at Hogar Rafael Ayau welcome over 150 lost, abandoned or battered children. Because Guatemala is an extremely poor country, the orphanage continuously receives babies and children brought to its doors.
The nuns of the Hogar Rafael Ayau are asking for help. They need good people to donate money, to visit the Orphanage for a few weeks of work, or to adopt a child.

You may send donation boxes by UPS to:

TRANSCARGO MIAMI, Attention: Mother Ines
Hogar Rafael Ayau-Guatemala

8454 NW 70th Street

Miami, FL 33166, USA
Tel.(305) 716-0990 Fax (305) 716-9001

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