Sacred Heart Dance Raises $16,429 for Hostyn

Sacred Heart Catholic Parish of La Grange presented a donation to Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Parish in Hostyn on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Pictured are (front, from left) Hortencia Jaimes, Sacred Heart Parish Council; Barbara Eilert, Sacred Heart Parish Council; Regina Walker, Sacred Heart Parish Council; Fr. Brian Phillips, Sacred Heart Pastor; Fr. Felix Twumasi, Holy Rosary Pastor; Marian Chamrad, Sacred Heart Finance Council; Patsy Janda, Hostyn Finance Council; (back) Dennis Muras, Hostyn Finance Council; Jeff Cook, Sacred Heart Parish Council; Donald Templin, Hostyn Finance Council; Kyle Janda, Sacred Heart Finance Council; and Mark Hebert, President of Sacred Heart Parish Council. Photo by Andy Behlen

Sacred Heart Catholic Parish presented a donation of $16,429.22 to Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Parish in Hostyn.

The money came from proceeds of Sacred Heart’s Christmas Dinner and Dance on Dec. 10. It will go toward the rebuilding the Hostyn Church, which was destroyed in an explosion on June 9 last year.

Father Brian Phillips of Sacred Heart along with representatives from his parish presented the donation to the Hostyn parish on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

“This experience has taught us a lot,” said Hostyn’s Father Felix Twumasi. “In the midst of all of this, our faith in God has been a great support for us. It shows how much we need each other.You need people to support you. Thank you so much. This donation will go a long way to help us.”

Phillips said he was impressed by the outpouring of support at the Dec. 10 event, which took place at the La Grange KC Hall.

“We thought that if we raised $10,000 we’d be happy,” Phillips said. “So we were really excited.”

Besides the dinner and dance, the event included a live auction and games.

Phillips recognized Sacred Heart parishioner Regina Walker for coming up with the idea to hold a dinner and dance fundraiser for the Hostyn parish. He said many of the attendees were Hostyn parishioners.

“It was a lot of fun and a great event to, yes, raise funds, but also to bring our communities together and have a little fun,” Phillips said.