Birthday_Cake

Our Birthday Cake Project has caught the attention and the imagination of many in the parish. We first received permission to include a letter to parents of students from St. Bonaventure University for the academic year 2006-2007. In the letter, we offered for $15 a homemade birthday cake to a son or daughter on his/her birthday. We explained that the $15 would go to support our international outreach parish, San Augustin, in Guatemala

In our first year we received over 50 responses and many parents have added comments like "what a great idea” and “thank you for this opportunity."

Bakers, cake decorators, deliverers, date organizers, and thank you cards to parents are all part of “The Birthday Cake Project.” No one knows for sure how this idea will progress, but one thing is for sure: the international outreach project is "on the move." Hopes for the future continue to add dreams and possibilities. The next step, we believe, is to involve more parishioners who will become part of the committee and learn that our connection with the poor in a different country and culture can only widen our understanding of what we so easily proclaim that we are "one, holy, catholic and apostolic church."

For further information about our sister parish, or to become involved in any part of this ministry, you may contact Pat Coate at 373-6833 or pacoat@gmail.com