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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




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guest 27-Dec-2009 06:53
Don't depend on the municipal government of Carcar for the church restoration kay dili ni maapprove ug Commission on Audit. The best thing is to join forces with non government organization and ask help from Congressman and Senators coz I think way kwarta ang munsipyo. Also the money from the government has to be coursed through a SEC registered non profit organization like the Heritage of Carcar foundation but expecting money from government and to be given to the Parish is prohibited from COA because of the separation of church and government.
lorenzii 24-Jul-2009 14:53
,im still 18 years old and i have a lot of plans but what can we do? even the officials haven't made a move. i thought they are the role models of the society, but wat would happen if they just sit down and wait till someone does the move ?don't worry when the right time comes i would surely organize a group of youth who would make a campaign on restoring our beloved church.for sure if this project will came to reality then it would be a good news that this project was succesfully done because of being united it can attract a number of tourist that would enable us to generate funds for future expenses of the church restoration. thanks.
Guest 17-Mar-2009 03:46
lisod man gud kaayo sa pagtrust na sa tawo kay naa bitaw nga nagsolicit sa mga masakiton, sa nahibaw-an nako wala man gitabang ang tanang kwarta sa masakiton tua man sa nakadawat sa kwarta. so mao na nga madala nalang ang tanan bisag pa maayo ang tumong nila sa pagtabang kay ang uban dire ni take advantage ma pud gud. bisag ako, i'll be glad to help pero ihatag jud nako sa mga nagkinahanglan dili sa mga nagsolicit. thank you.
guest 17-Jul-2008 23:35
lisud ning columnma dili gustong payngayuan ug update ang gusto amot lang mo wa dahang pangutana. Ang katu tuod nga naka amot na? uli-an sila sa ilang kwarta kay wa man gyuy progress diri sa carcar karon, naa ingnon sad ko ron aning GANIHIT wa tawn dai dia ra ko sa ato maginabuhi pero buhi man gihapon ergo wa magnihit kalooy sa ginoo.
Guest 29-May-2008 01:24
Intawn ug wala kay ikahatag ayaw ug hatag, daghan pa baya nimo ug pangutana.
Pila ray pag-ingon, GANIHIT ko karon. Sa sunod na lang ko hatag ug makaginhawa nako.
guest 09-May-2008 06:44
nabalik naman sad lagi ning solicitation notice ? wa pa diay ni mahuman? Unsa ma`y update o giagi-an sa project? wa man lagi gihapoy progress report ning mga organizers ini. Unsa ma`y nahitabo kong naka padaa naka sa imong donation ?
guest 19-Feb-2008 21:54
Sandy Arroyo, are you related to the first family in the Philippines? There's no surprise that corruption is all over our country. But hope Carcar officials can learn of what happened to our nation right now, and realized that if they will not be honest to us our newly declared city will not progress.

In my observation base of what I read and hear, we carcaranon are sometimes make a negative comments, always assumed that the money we donate goes to the pocket of the organizers. I will suggest that if we have some doubt about projects, let's direct our question to the people who solicited us, and see what's their response. For example you question about church repair, restrooms and plaza. Clarify first who is the group or person who approach you, and ask them what's the update. Are they able to collect enough money. You have to understand that if only few of us responded, and if they only collected a couple of thousand dollars, how you can expect them to do the project! The problem I believe is communication, most of the time we think that if we donate hundred or thousand dollars automaticly we expect that the project will go through, not that easy. Before we criticized we must find out what really happened to the project that we tried to help. By saying negatives without the substance of what really happen is really unproductive to our newly city. Let's give our political, religious and commnity leaders the benifit of doubt, I know they love Carcar too and want to contribute their time, energy and money to make Carcar City number one. Let's encourage every Carcaranon to participate and continue to support, discuss how to help our beloved place to be the safest and most livable city in Cebu.
Sandy Arroyo 17-Feb-2008 13:33
Just make sure that donations to this project goes to the right persons/group to keep the project going....so that you can see the fruits of your concerted effort.This is a novel idea....Like a foreign donation came in for the church repair nothing happened and like another donation was for a construction for a decent & clean restrooms for balikbayans & tourist (world class so to speak) for the plaza but the money was nowhere to be found. Hey! what happen to our city? what makes Carcar a City then? where is Carcar City going? Please identify trusted individuals in Carcar who have the passion,love & integrity of preserving what is left for us yet many people pretentiously claim to be a heritage city.
Guest 04-Feb-2008 09:55
How come no answer from the people who tried to organized the restoration project. Is this project is finish or they give up? We want to know, and if they stop the project maybe they can let us know, and remove this notice, thank you.
Guest 22-Jan-2008 02:44
Nindot kaayo ni ug mabuhat ni natong restoration project, inabagan natong tanang carcaranon abroad. Ug magka unite tang tanan kining usa ka project sinugdanan lamang, I know nga daghan pa kaayo ta ug mabuhat sa pinangga natong lugar, kay nakahibalo ko nga kitang carcaranon mangitabangon kaayo. Gani daghan ta'g gitabangan nga mga laing tawo ug laing lugar. Akong hangyoon ang tanang carcaranon to participate sa discussion aron mabuhat dayon nato ang project. Ledwina unsa nama'y balita? Palihug pahibaw-a mi sa situation, daghang salamat and more power carcaranon!
pusting 19-Jan-2008 07:12
.Bitaw sa , wa gyuy manigog, but you know what , lets face it, dili man gud ta maka blame sa mga tao nga maminaw lang usa labi na gyud ug ingon aning project nga dagkong kantidad ang involve, they have their own reasons kay basin ug dunay mga rumors nga nadungan nga kwarta ang involve mao nga mausab ang demeanor and sees the "glass half full", and there goes the good cause project. Init man gud kaayo ning kwarta, kinsa man gud tuod ang di gustong motabang sa simbahan basta lang ang akong sincos tabos madapat gyud ngadto sa intended purpose dili magasto ug laing project gawas sa parokya. Para naku ang mo handle sa financials ini ang parish council gyud ang cura maoy mo oversee sa progress sa project para sad wa`y pagduda nga mahimo . Kinsa man diay ang presedente ug mga members sa parish council sa ato karon? Duna pa diay usa, They should make sure nga "restoration" gyud ang mahitabo kay duna rabay diferencia ang "restoration" ug "repair", so duna gyuy distinction between this and should be defined before they will whack their way inside the church. Example, ma restore to nilang porma sa karaang altar? ang mystic gud sa simbahan ang pagka "antique" man gud. Dunay pari kaniadto ni solicate abroad kay ilisan ang mga bangko sa simbahan kay "DAAN" na kono, I personally found that absurd. So sa mga organizers ining project lets do it right way the first time and the rest will just full into place for this what I call "good cause project". Basta makakita ang mga tao nga way hukus fucos wa gyuy mang yam-id parte ug amutan and mine you we you we could even surprise ourself on this. "Check and Balance" is the single biggest word on this project.
Guest 17-Jan-2008 22:08
Can you believe that if we're talking about donation for restoration of our church nobody say anything. Why we are so quite in this issue? This is a good project and it's time to talk about it. Ledwina and Gwen can you give our fellow carcaranon more details about the project and what's the update now, kay sa akong paminaw mora ug nani-id paning atong ka-igsoonan nga carcaranon ug unsa ka tinuod ning atong project. Gamay'ng pangutana kinsa man ang mag handle sa project didto sa atong lungsod? Pila ma'y estimate gastohon? Duna naba kita'y gamay'ng hinabang nadawat? Please let us know! O Sige Na!!! Carcaranon sugdan na nato ug hisgut hisgut ug unsaon nato pagtambayayong ang pag restore sa atong historic church.
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