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Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae) helped
                people in need and the lady was one of the
                beneficiaries when she was a young girl.
                    As the sanctuary is also located in Wanhua,
                President Ricky immediately contacted and
                visited Fr. Marcel Goffart, the pastor of CICM.
                Inspired by the stories of Fr. Goffart's life-
                long commitment of helping the disadvantaged
                families and children in Wanhua for more than
                50 years since his coming to the Taiwan from
                Belgium after the Worl War II, and realizing
                what support CICM needed for its current         other clubs of Section 2 in District 3521. Even
                service programs, President Ricky decided to     though hindered a little by the pandemic,
                work with CICM for its after-school tutoring     funds and materials from these Rotary clubs
                class program to assist children in Wanhua.      were presented to the catholic sanctuary at a
                Planning together with his spouse Rebeta,        donation ceremony. President Ricky and his
                club community service chair PP Simon, club      fellow Rotarians were pleased that they could
                secretary Jong, PP Scorpio and Rotary Ann        change lives of the members and children in
                Rebecca, he proposed a joint service campaign    their community through Rotary.
                and it was highly supported by his club and











































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