February 21, 2020:Fifth annual baby shower held in three Del Rio parishes * Today's Catholic
Fifth
Annual Baby Shower, Del Rio
On January
25, the three Catholic parishes in Del Rio: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sacred Heart
and St. Joseph, gathered to support the Fifth Annual Baby Shower to benefit
Amistad Pregnancy Care Center.
Father Jaime Paniagua, pastor of St. Joseph Church,
offered the Parish Hall for the Baby Shower.
The Baby Shower was organized by The Little Handmaids
of Our Sorrowful Mother, under the leadership of Co-Coordinators Cami Murphy and Rosie Aguilar.
Rosie Aguilar is President of the Board of Directors of
Amistad Pregnancy Care Center, which has been in existence since 1996.
The following groups contributed: The Knights of
Columbus, Alvernia, Guadalupanas, Renovacion, Altar Servers and Life Teen from
St. Joseph Parish.
The event is a practical way of defending and supporting
the Sanctity of Human Life, by providing money and material goods to assist
mothers and their babies.
Approximately
200 attended bringing beautiful gifts for present and future clients of the
Pregnancy Center.
The Baby
Shower raised $938 along with an assortment of clothes of all sizes from new
born to toddler, diapers, baby blankets, toys, baby bottles and various other
items to augment the supplies on hand given to anyone who comes to the Pregnancy
Center requesting assistance.
Those in
attendance enjoyed an afternoon of playing loteria, for a worthy cause, with
the special surprise loteria prize being souvenirs from the Holy Land.
Cynthia Wainer,
member of St Joseph Church, who along with her husband Jim Wainer, are leaders
of the city-wide pro-life organization Del RÃo 4 Life, had this to say about
the Baby Shower: “I believe it is essential to provide any support we can
give to the Pregnancy Center by means of volunteering as Counselors or peer
support, by donating essential goods needed for mothers and their babies or
financial assistance to assist with operational costs. The center cannot
survive without the collaborative support of the citizens of our community.
This is a center that is designed to provide basic and essential support for
the most vulnerable citizens of our community.”
Submitted
by Rosie Aguilar and Marian Casillas