Manila, Philippines, Oct 3, 2009 / 00:51 am
As another major storm approaches the typhoon-battered Philippines, the national government has declared a “state of calamity” and Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales has announced a special Sunday collection for victims of Typhoon Ketsana.
“This coming Sunday, October 4, a special collection will be made at all Sunday Masses, including the anticipated Masses, in Parishes, Chapels and Malls for the victims of the Ondoy disaster,” he said, using the local name for the typhoon.
At least 293 were killed by the storm and the floods which accompanied it. Ketsana dumped a month’s worth of rain in six hours, Bloomberg reports.
Cardinal Rosales challenged the country’s Catholics to come to the aid of those heavily affected.