A Letter of Thanks – Bill Byrne
Dear Mary, I originally thought that to write a note of thanks to you via Email would have been a little ungracious and intended to resort to pen and paper. However, it’s a proverbial pain in the rear-end to find…
Northern Cross Newspaper Article – 2011
An Indian Project – Overwhelmed By Peoples Generosity My name is Mary Skaag a former parishioner of St Patrick‟s Consett. Forty six years ago I moved to Coventry to start my working life. There I am an active member of…
Fr Jeff’s Journal – India Week Three
Balamma Satrum Home for the Needy Fr Jeff's Journal - Week Two 7th -10th October 2012 Trying to cope with extreme heat is difficult for a healthy person to survive in this area of South India, but for someone who…
Fr Jeff’s Journal – India Week Two
Balamma Satrum Home for the Needy Fr Jeff's Journal - Week Two 29th September - 7th October 2012 As Mary Skaag and I have travelled around the surrounding area within a fifty mile radius of the village, we have realised…
Fr Jeff’s Journal – India Week One
Balamma Satrum Home for the Needy Fr Jeff's Journal - Week One 24th September - 1st October 2012 This is my fifth visit to India and the excitement of what lies before me is ever present on my mind. The…
Case Studies – Children
Some of the children are the sons and daughters of the widows that are helping us. We also have children from the poorest backgrounds and we also have orphans. Each child is given accommodation, bed with mosquito net and three…
Case Studies – Destitute Families
Jayapaul's Family Jayapaul Nandipogo was married with four children. He was trying to feed his family by working for daily labour in the field. Jayapaul sustained an accident while working which caused his leg to go gangrenous. He became so…
Case Studies – Aged Persons
Shindi In the year 2005 Fr. Sarveswara, Fr. Jeff and Mary were attending the new government hospital in Kadapa. In the hospital grounds, they found a man who had been left to die. He had been left alone for several…
The Project – Phase Six
NEW KITCHEN FOR ALL The new Multi-Purpose kitchen for everyday cooking was completed in January 2018.
Events – 2019
January First trip to India with Bill and Pamela. Click here to read what Bill had to say about this trip. Jake's second trip to India March Annual Sponsored Walk in Coventry May / June Coffee Morning with Margaret and…