Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Outreach Helping Many

Knights of Columbus group at Christmas tree sale.
Knights of Columbus group at Christmas tree sale.

The generous congregation of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Doral contributed two tons of food and more than $1,000 in cash and gift cards to help make the Thanksgiving Day dinners for those less fortunate a good one.

As always, the Boy Scouts were also on hand after mass helping collect donations while many others helped orchestrate this very successful food drive.

 Tony Samito (left), Luis Ochoa and Father Israel Mago help trim tree the morning after Thanksgiving at Doral Charter High School.
Tony Samito (left), Luis Ochoa and Father Israel Mago help trim tree the morning after Thanksgiving at Doral Charter High School.

Fr. Israel Mago,pastor, gave thanks to David Iglesias and Palmetto Ford for providing trucks and helping deliver collected food donations to those in need.

For a congregation without a physical church building, you would never know it by all its members have accomplished from participating in Emmaus Retreats to organizing CCD Classes, Bible Study, Choir and more.

In addition, the church has just organized a Youth Group that promises to offer teens of age14-18 live music, activities, camps, faith formation, retreats and more. The group meets every other Thursday from 7 – 8:30 p.m. For more youth details, visit <www.facebook.com/guadalupe.doral>.

The Our Lady of Guadalupe Knights of Columbus is also a very active group. After a successful golf tournament, the male group tackled another new venture that proved a success: pre selling more than 150 Christmas trees and wreathes, all delivered the day after Thanksgiving. The weather could not have been better for this first time fundraiser.

Fr. Mago was among the men on hand to help out that morning and as an added bonus, provided a blessing for the trees as they were trimmed and loaded into waiting cars of his many parishioners.

Among those helping were Luis Ochoa and Tony Samito, two of several K of C’rs orchestrating this great kickoff to the Christmas season, so successful it’s now expected to become a tradition.

For more information on all church activities, call 305-593-6123.


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A graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Spanish, Burns has an extensive background in advertising, marketing and reciprocal trade, travel , non profit consulting and management. Before joining Miami's Community Newspapers as a columnist and marketing specialist, Gloria was the Executive Director of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee (6 yrs.) and first Executive Director of the Coral Gables Community Foundation (14 yrs.) and the Pinecrest Community Foundation (1 ½ yrs) . Burns' volunteer activities led her to become a columnist for Community Newspapers writing Gloria’s Gab, that focuses on the non-profit activity, and a host of an online show, Gloria's Gab LIVE. Gloria serves the board of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables as Civic and Charity Chair, and is involved in the club's International Committee. She is an active Life Member of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee and is Secretary of the Merrick Festival. She serves on the board of directors of the Coral Gables Woman' Club as Publicity Chair and also coordinates the club's monthly fundraiser for various charities with Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger. In addition, Gloria participates in numerous other charitable events and is a member of the Business Forum Group, Profit Inc., the Greater Miami Festival & Events Association and the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. In other volunteer activity, Gloria helps Miami Christian School with fund-raising and PR; is an Ambassador and volunteers for events for A Safe Haven for Newborns. She is an active member of the Music Ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church where she enjoys singing in the choir every weekend.