Peru Family to Family (Sponsorship Program)

Peru Ministry Family-to-Family Program (F2F) Sponsorship Program

This wonderful program established by Fr. (Padre) Joe Uhen in 1998, has been the lifeline for over 2000 different families in the desert region of Piura, Peru. This monthly food delivery program provides 1/3 to 1/2 of the food sustenance for a family for a month and currently provides for about 1400 families.

Our St. Patrick Church community currently sponsors over 180 families. This means that they are providing $30 per month to an impoverished family from Blessed Sacrament Parish in Piura, Peru. Basic food essentials include rice, beans, pasta, flour and milk to help supplement the food their meager incomes buy, to provide children nourishment, and most of all, to give these families hope. This is a parish and community of almost 40,000 people where the unemployment rate is at nearly 60%. The families in the program have been screened and selected by Padre Jose and his staff as the families need to make a commitment to their faith and be living a Catholic way of life. They are expected to attend Mass, have their children be prepared for and receive the various sacraments and attend religious education schooling. The parents are also encouraged to continue their faith formation by receiving the sacraments of initiation and the sacrament of matrimony if not already completed.

Please consider joining the St Pat’s Family-to-Family (F2F) Sponsorship Program,  “Feed the Hungry,” by sponsoring a needy family in Piura with monthly food deliveries for $30/month, which can be paid quarterly, semi-annually or annually. A one year commitment totals $360.00.

For additional information please contact F2F coordinators:

Ginni Kerpan and Fran Balistreri, PeruF2F@stpatrickwadsworth.org

Download and print a form here to have someone contact you about joining this ministry

Updated 5/4/20