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Christmas After Typhoon Reming
Christmas Midnight Mass
24 Dec 2006
Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J.

Hunger
Carmel, Naga
Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J.

“Go Home!”
Funeral Mass of Fr. Michael Rooney, S.J.
Sunday, April 9, 2006, 3:00 p.m.
University Church of Christ the King
Ateneo de Naga Jesuit Cemetary
Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J.

TASK FORCE NOAH
For the victims of Typhoon Frank
In a memo to the Philippine Province,
Fr. Provincial Jose Cecilio Magadia has stated:

The recent typhoon wreaked a terrible cost in terms of lives lost and properties/homes damaged or destroyed. Iloilo, where our own fledging Ateneo has been struggling to establish a new campus, has been especially hard hit by this calamit. While we are thankful that our Jesuits and personnel are safe, we cannot ignore the daunting task of rebuilding and repair that they and their kababayan will have to face in the days ahead. Much of the province is flooded, without electricity and short of drinking water. Local resources strain to cope with the many needs.

With this in mind, I encourage all our Province communities and works to offer what they can in solidarity with the people of Iloilo. Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan and Operation Noah at Ateneo de Manila University are workind to address the situation. Fr. Manny Uy, Vice Superior and Director of our works in Iloilo, pleads for those in Iloilo and Panay. “We are in need of food, especially canned goods, clothing, and water. We will coordinate the distribution of foods with the Jaro Archdiocesan Social Action Center. Donations may be sent to: Ateneo de Iloilo/Sta. Maria Catholid School c/o Fr. Manny Uy, S.J. or Bro. Arthur Nebrao, S.J., 139 General Blanco St., Iloilo City. Tel. (033)337-5532; (033) 338-2245; Fax. (033) 336-2903; Email: anebrao@gmail.com

Donations can be sent to Iloilo by sending your check to Philippine Jesuit Foundation.

ILOILO Facts
“Bulig Iloilo'

Philippine National Red Cross; based on field reports from PNRC staff, the death toll had reached 229, with 101 reported in Iloilo alone.
Iloilo Gov. Neil Tupas earlier said 59 people drowned in the province while another 40 were missing. “Almost all the towns are covered by water. It's like an ocean,” Tupas said, adding thousands have been displaced in the province that is home to 1.7 million people.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque also said he received reports that the Aniway District Hospital in Iloilo, was submerged in floodwaters as deep as six feet.
Almost all of Iloilo's 42 towns and this city, including those that had not previously experienced flooding, were under water according to Jerry Bionat, Executive officer of the Provincial Disaster Coordinting Council (PDCC)
Power outrage reported in Iloilo city; including Odiongan town, Romblon and Antique province.

Our contacts in the Philippine Air Force are willing to fly even round-the-clock relief operations for typhoon Frank's victims but unfortunately they tell us there are no relief goods to airlift. We are appealing for donations like ready-to-eat goods, water, clothing and/or cash/check for the victims of Typhoon Frank. Primary target of this initiatives are the heavily affected communities and areas not normally reached by relief operations. We intend to send the relief donations immediately for the urgent need of the victims.

For the
Greater Glory of God
in the Philippines