Fr. Patrick F. O'Neil, SM

Fr. Patrick F. O'Neil SM —

Father Patrick works in a Parish set in Santa Luzia, in Iuiu, Bahia in Brazil.

Father Patrick works in a Parish set in Santa Luzia, in Iuiu, Bahia in Brazil. Part of the work that he is doing is to build a new Pastoral Centre. Due to COVID, this work has been on hold since May 2020, because of a lack of Funnds. Thanks to the St Bede’s College Old Boys’ Association Mission Fund, we have been able to send funds to him, which means that the construction can start again.

Below are his words:

I will use the money to help re-start the construction of our Pastoral Centre here in the Parish of Santa Luzia (St. Lucy), in Iuiú, Bahia. The construction was well on its way until May 2020 when with Covid-19 and the lack of funds we needed to stop the project.

Recently I wrote an article for the US Marist magazine "Today's Marist". I am sending you by attachment a copy. Since writing in late August, the number of deaths from Covid-19 here in Brasil has passed 610,000.

My special thanks to all who contributed to this gift.

Yours in Mary,

Patrick F. O'Neil, SM

Attached is a PDF copy of the article he wrote: