Bicycling UK Seminarians Raise Funds for Cuba
LONDON, JAN. 21, 2007 (ZENIT.org).- Seminarians from the United Kingdom
decided to help the Church in Cuba with a bicycle ride fundraiser.
Some 270 kilometers (167 miles) later, they had raised €23,500 ($30,465).
Six seminarians and the vicerector from St. Mary's College, near
Birmingham, England, wanted to help the 77 seminarians studying at the
seminary of Sts. Charles and Ambrose in Havana, Cuba.
The Cuban seminarians rely entirely on donations for everything from
food to their teachers' salaries.
The Havana seminary receives an annual grant from Aid to the Church in
Need. The charity reports that it has made Cuba a priority for aid in
Latin America, especially as tension mounts with President Fidel
Castro's failing health.
The charity's director of the Cuban project, Xavier Legorreta, visited
the English seminary in December to pick up the check for the
seminarians' Cuban counterparts.
"I was very astonished by the seminarians' success," he said. "It came
as big, big surprise. It just shows how really important things can be
achieved by such simple and very practical initiatives."
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