Tsunami Appeal Update -
        February

Thank you for all your hard work and for all the prayers that you have offered both at home and in school for the people who have suffered as a result of the Tsunami. The children of Sri Lanka and the other devastated places are very grateful.

Here are some pictures from Father Joseph Mary a Jesuit priest who is working in Sri Lanka.

(Make sure you can see the horizontal line across the page beneath the pictures, click on an individual photograph and then you will be sure to see how Father Joseph Mary describes them.)

The first picture in the set was taken before the Tsunami and is included so that you can see one smiling face al least - Fr. Johnpillai (a friend of Father Joseph Mary) on his motor bike going around the parish with a spare crash helmet on his arm - just in case anybody needs a lift!

Fr. Johnpillai of the Parish of St. John de Britto – Periya Kallar (Baticaloa Diocese)

Fr. Jhonpillai ‘s Mission House

(and more)

... The Church of our Lady of Velankanni – fully damaged at Periya Kallaru

Uppodai (Baticaloa Diocese) FMM Convent

Sr. Rani explains to Fr. Jude Johnson (Diocesan Director P.M.S) how she escaped the fury of the Tsunami wave

A lady removing a dead body of a child at Kallaru

A dead body pinned under debris

A victim (Mr. Anthoyappa of the Parish of Akkaraipathu) of the Tsunami who is now a survivor, who shows his wounds

and recovering after an operation.

The Church of Our Lady of good health – Akkaripathu

Fr. Shanthi Manuel (parish Priest) with the National Director P.M.S Fr. Tony Martyn and Fr. Nerio

Fr. Joseph Mary explaining the devastating waves of the Tsunami .

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Fr. Johnpillai of the Parish of St. John de Britto – Periya Kallar (Baticaloa Diocese)

 

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The personal account of Fr. Joseph Mary follows: his photo is the last in his slide show.

For the previous update CLICK HERE and for details of the original appeal CLICK ON THESE WORDS