An Irish Catholic Bishop has urged people to give generously to the
Saint Vincent De Paul (SVP) organisation to help families this
Christmas.
The Bishop of Killalla John Fleming has urged people to give
generously. Speaking at all masses in Ballina in County Mayo last
weekend he said that employment is the best hope of helping the youth of
today and that the Saint Vincent De Paul organisation does everything
it can to prepare young people for employment.
He said that in the Ballina area alone, the society had spent €65,000
on education, a figure that represented the society's largest single
expenditure in the area in 2009.
The Bishop also told the congregation
that the society spent €155,600 in total in the Ballina area in 2009
with the money going on such things as cash assistance, help with
electricity bills and education support.
He also noted that the current year had been the busiest-ever year
for the society in the region with the society processing a daily
average of twenty-five claims.
He also noted that the Ballina centre has had to provide extra
educational courses because of increasing demand for educational courses
due to rising unemployment.
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