Parish Well-Represented at 57th Chimbote Dinner

The Chimbote Foundation, part of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, was created to provide a bridge of love, hope, faith, and financial support to care for the poorest of the poor in Chimbote through the Center for Social Works--a maternity hospital, outpatient clinic, clinical laboratory, pharmacy and home for abandoned and neglected children--serving hundreds of thousands since the mid-1960s.

WTAE-TV news anchor Mike Clark again volunteered to serve as master of ceremonies at the dinner. The evening’s presentations included comments from Chimbote Mission co-founders Sister Margaret Mary Birchmeier and Sister Lillian Bockheim. clergy from the Diocese of Chimbote, and Bishop David Zubik.

Several from our parish were on hand at the dinner, as shown in the photo. They are: (top row, l-r): Cindy Cillo, Vince Petitjean and his wife Nikki Petitjean, and (bottom row, l-r): Alma Aquadro, Anne Kaufman, Kathy Barkovich, and Lois Loch