Hope on Smokey Mountain

The
Catholic Weekly
Online

Sydney
2 November 2003

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Hope on Smokey Mountain

Fr John Iacono (left), Helen de Guzman, co-ordinator of the day care centre, and Fr Heinz Kuluke with children from Smokey Mountain

Fr John Iacono, the former parish priest of Enmore-Tempe, is returning to Sydney to raise funds for the Bethlehem Day Care Centre in Cebu, in the Philippines.

And he will be accompanied by Fr Heinz Kuluke, the Divine Word missionary with whom he shares the day care centre project, catering to families living on a toxic garbage dump known as Smokey Mountain.

German-born Fr Heinz, who is professor of philosophy at the University of Cebu, will talk about his welfare work – fighting to prevent child prostitution in the city’s red light districts, trying to rehabilitate street kids and assisting families living on the three toxic garbage dumps.

He will speak at a fundraising function at Western Suburbs Soccer Club, in William St, Five Dock, at 7pm on Friday, November 14.

For information, call Ron or Maria Natoli on (02) 9712 2485.

Donations for furniture, classroom fittings and the cost of running the centre can be addressed to the Bethlehem Day Care Centre, c/0 1A Reginald St, Five Dock NSW 2046.

Construction of the centre is under way, thanks in a large part to the generosity of The Catholic Weekly readers. It will be officially opened and blessed on January 11.

If you’d like to join a two-week trip to Cebu from January 9-23 to attend the opening, call Ron or Maria on (02) 9712 2485.