July 9, 2010                              

Dear William and Dania,

Blessings!

I am now 70 years old--also I am 50 years a religious.  I ask you for a gift for the salvation of souls--to purchase a building on East Street right behind Prince of Peace monastery. 

Over the years in obedience to the word of God, I have molded Missionaries of the Poor in the name of Christ. I trust Him, I desire only one thing in life, to be true to the Lord.

In Matthew 10: 9 He tells us, "Take no gold, nor silver, nor, copper, in your belts, no bag for your journey."  Jesus tells us to care for the sick, the weak, the lepers, the mentally sick, the poorest and the most out cast of people. He also added, "you received without pay give without pay."

Missionaries of the Poor has labored greatly over the past 29 years of our existence. We care for, and house hundreds of the poorest of people in Kenya, Uganda, Haiti, Orissa, and Warangal in India, Cebu and Naga city in the Philippines, and Kingston Jamaica. Right now we are also establishing new missions in Monroe, North Carolina, and Routen, in Indonesia.

Our apostolates take in lepers, HIV victims, cripples, the blind, the mute, old men and women, discarded disabled children; in a word, the cast aways in society who have nowhere to live, no food to eat and no one to care for them.

Our community of brothers and priests is growing rapidly, and many lay people, volunteers and associates come to us to touch the nail marks and the wounds of the crucified Christ experienced in forgotten and broken humanity. We also need a soup kitchen for many hungry children in the area, some of them young girls ready to prostitute themselves for a lunch money or bus fare.

We don’t have space. We need your help, and the help of your CLAA families to purchase and repair a building near our monastery. It is 13,000 sq ft and badly needs repair. The cost is $200,000.00 for the building and the repairs. Most of the repair will done by our brothers.

I am not able to do much begging these days. There is too much work to be done, such as forming the brothers and caring for the poor.   Tell your friends that the building will be honored with the name of Jesus and your wonderful CLAA families.


With love and blessings,

VERY REV. FR. RICHARD HO LUNG, MOP
Founder and Superior General
Missionaries of the Poor
Sacred Heart Monastery
87 Hanover Street
Kingston, C.S.O.
Jamaica West Indies
Tel: 876-948-6173 or 876-948-0280
Fax: 876-922-1380
E-mail: mopfathergeneral@missionariesofthepoor.org
Website: www.missionariesofthepoor.org