Grand Knight Roderick Bourgeois from Knights of Columbus Council 2012 of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Jennings presented a donation of $1,687 to Jennings native Sister Protectrice de la Foi Marcantel of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara’ on Sept. 3. The money will be used by the sister’s order in their work in Tanzania in East Africa.
The Sisters are stationed at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in a poor rural village named Ushetu. They work to improve the quality of education and health, and teach religious education as well.