Memorial plaque to commemorate Andrea in Peru

Memorial plaque to commemorate Andrea in Peru

A memorial plaque commemorating Andrea Xiomara Alvarez Rojas will be officially unveiled at the Manuel Duato Special Needs School in Peru on the Feast of the Lord of the Miracles. The plaque recognises Andrea’s role in raising donations which helped finance recent...
Building work at Manuel Duato special needs school

Building work at Manuel Duato special needs school

Columban missionary Fr John Boles has sent some images of the recent building work underway at the Manuel Duato special needs school in Lima. According to Fr Boles, the work is progressing thanks to recent donations received from Columban benefactors, particularly...
Fr John Boles mourns the passing of Andrea

Fr John Boles mourns the passing of Andrea

I am writing to you from Lima with the sad news of the death of Andrea Álvarez. She was the severely disabled girl in Peru that I wrote about in my article, ‘A Life for Andrea’, which was published in the May/June 2020 issue of the Far East magazine, and which...