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Fund-raiser an international sign of love |
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Written by Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
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Monday, 10 September 2007 |
 TORONTO - Youth members of the International Catholic lay movement Focolare will host a variety show to raise money for Zilma School in Haiti.
This is the second year that Youth for a United World, the youth division of Focolare, will host the event, to be held this year at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at St. Joseph’s College (74 Wellesley St. W.).
“Our main focus is universal brotherhood and basically we are trying to promote different ways that unity and peace can be done through concrete actions,” said Mary Clare Luca, Youth for a United World member.
Most of the performers aren’t from the movement, including break dancers and a Hindu dancer.
Ten years ago Focolare members taught students in Zilma until they were able to collect enough money to build a school. Youth for a United World have continued to support it ever since. Today the school educates 482 students.
Every year Focolare members visit the school to give the donation, ensuring the money goes directly to the school and community. Since 1998, Focolare Canada has raised $75,000 for the Haitian school project.
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Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register |
| About the author: |
| Sara Loftson is a freelance writer based in Calgary, Alberta. She holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Winnipeg and a bachelor of journalism from the University of King's College in Halifax. She has written for The Catholic Register, worked for CBC Radio and her work has appeared in Catholic newspapers across Canada. |
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