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St Catherine's Church Restoration Campaign Project

October 24, 2007

Dear Fellow Carcaranon and Friends,

On behalf of the Saint Catherine’s Church Restoration Campaign Project of Florida Group, we are appealing to your generous financial donation to help fund the extensive restoration of the Holy Catholic Church of Carcar City, Philippines.

Every November 25th the town attracts thousands of devotees & visitors from different walks of life to pay homage to our Saint Catherine’s of Alexandria. Today the church stands historically on the top of the hill with peeled paints, rotten woods and cracked foundations, to the point of dilapidation. People noticed the changed of its physical structure but these defects did not change the profound devotion to the Blessed Mother.

The church was built in 1859 during the Augustinian Friars and it is the second oldest church in Cebu. St Catherine’s Church was named after the town’s patron saint St. Catherine’s of Alexandria. The design of the church is admired for its Byzantine architecture, Greco-Roman altar and twin bell towers.

The success of this project depends upon the kindness and generosity of people like you, and we are extremely grateful of your help.

For more information, please call me @ my cell # (352)-346-2292, or Gwen Iyog, cell # (813) 857-4291, e-mail address: gwen@iyog.com

All donations are tax deductible.
Please write your check to: Santo Nino Shrine of Florida,
Memo for: St. Catherine’s Restoration Project.

We hope to start the restoration work of the church by 2008.
Thank you in advance for your contributions.

Sincerely,
Ledwina A. Colina, MD
Chairman

Gwen Iyog RN, BSN, MSHSA
Co-Chairman