Blankets for Casa de Los Pobres

Every year on the first Sunday of Advent, which is next Sunday, our old friend Jesuit, Fr. Tom Lucas, pastor of St. Ignatius Sacramento, joins us for an appeal to help the Casa de los Pobres, the House of the Poor, operated by the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Peace in Tijuana. Over the past 26 years or so, our community has purchased thousands of blankets to help needy families who live just across the border. The large, heavy blankets are manufactured in Mexico and cost about $40 each. We are asking for your help again this year. Representatives will be at our doors this next weekend asking for your cash donations or a check made out to the Casa de Los Pobres. They will also have a flyer that includes the Casa’s US mailing address and the Casa de los Pobres website for online donations. Your support for this work of Christmas charity is something the sisters have depended on for years. They are grateful for your support, and they pray God’s blessing on your generous families.

About Casa de Los Pobres — House of the Poor in Tijuana, Mexico

The Casa was originally founded in 1957 by Franciscan Sisters in the Colonia Altamira neighborhood of Tijuana, Mexico. For more than 65 years, Casa de los Pobres has served the “poorest of the poor” in Tijuana. These families live in nothing more than shacks — with cardboard walls that don’t keep out the cold or rain.  A blanket is each family’s prized possession, and tarps keep the children dry in rainy season.

Photo: A woman and a child with a blanket at Casa de Los Pobres. facebook.com/CasaDeLosPobresUsa