Please read Update #9. Read about this tragic situation by clicking “Read more”. I beg you pray for this young Canadian man and his little boy, and for the soul of his wife. If you are looking for a recipient of your upcoming Advent/Christmas alms I can’t think of a better one than Andrew Rivera and his son Orlando.
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Andrew Rivera is a widower and single dad of a delightful four-year-old boy. Andrew's wife passed away just before their little boy was two years old. Since then, Andrew has been raising his son alone with the help, during the week, of his mother. She comes every Sunday night from out of town so that Andrew can work and so that his son can be cared for and taken to and picked up from junior kindergarten at the local Catholic school.
Just after Easter, Andrew had a serious medical situation at home and was rushed to the hospital where he remains in intensive care (April 18, 2023). Andrew's recovery is going to be long. It may be a year, we still don't know. In the meantime, the family is in a crisis. Andrew has a mortgage and will have ongoing medical expenses. Private insurance support is virtually non-existent. It is a devasting situation for the family and for those of us who are his friends. His parents are in their 70's.
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Instead of aiding criminal illegal aliens, Catholic Charities must help this man.