Help my friends in the Philippines!
The Philippines is the only Catholic nation in Asia. Every day at noon the whole country stops to pray the Angelus, even in government buildings, schools, shopping centers and the workplace. Truly amazing.
But this Catholic life and culture is all being threatened by sects, cults, secularism, and many other wolves in sheep’s clothing. If you want to know what Janet and I think of the Filipino people, read my Open Letter to the Filipino People. I ask you to help them if you can — and you can! Keep reading.
My dear friends Henry and Alex have a new request. They just set up a way for Americans to send a tax-exempt financial gifts — and they also need evangelistic and biblical resources since it is a very poor country.
The apologetics classes are given for free as are the materials. There is no charge to people learning the faith and the guys at DF make no money but donate their time. Why? It is a poor country and the average Catholic atteding the classes makes only $8 a day. Defensores Fidei needs donations so they can continue their work. Here is their request:
Steve: we would like to ask your Filipino-American readers and friends (or any good Catholics) to assist the Defensores Fidei by sending a tax-deductible donation for our many underfunded activities. One of the ideas we have is to distribute your Crossing the Tiber books which I had printed. We can send these books to libraries, seminaries, apologetics clubs, etc. AND if your followers are discarding their magazines like This Rock, Envoy, Catholic Dossier, OSV, or any good books, they can send them to Henry’s mother in the USA. We will take care of bringing the magazines and books to Manila. This will be cheaper than sending to Manila directly.
(Picture to the left: Group of students learning apologetics at the Minor Seminary.)
To send used magazines and books to help the Filipino cause, please box them up and ship them to Henry’s mother in Las Vegas who will forward them to Henry.
I thank you. Henry thanks you. Defensores Fidei thanks you. All Catholics in the Philippines thank you.
(Picture: Me practicing what I preach 🙂 Boxing up piles of magazines to send to the Philippines.)