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Dear Holy Family Community,
It is with a heavy heart that we convey the tragic
news of the death of the baby of one of our faculty members.
Albert Castillo and his wife Nicolette lost their 7 month old baby boy over
the weekend and while we don't know all the details, we do know that this
is a family who will need help and support during the coming days and
months. We ask for your prayers for the Castillo family during
this difficult time.
Students, faculty and staff were informed of this
news yesterday and were allowed to go to the chapel to pray and to speak
with someone if they were struggling with the news.
In an effort to help the Castillo family through the coming
months, a fund has been created at the
mGive Foundation by a parent at the Goddard school where Nicolette
Castillo is a teacher. This parent is the Executive Director of
the mGive foundation.
The fund has been created to help the family with financial
aid for the myriad of expenses they will
undoubtedly experience as a result of this tragedy.
If you are wondering how you can help, this is an option.
Families can donate funds to The mGive Foundation- Castillo
Family Fund. 100% of the donations will be sent directly to Albert
and Nicolette.
There are three easy ways to give:
- Check/Cash:
Make a check payable to The mGive Foundation. In the memo line,
please write Castillo Family Fund. You can either drop a check
off in our collection box located in the main vestibule, or mail a
check to:
The mGive Foundation, Attn: Jen Snyder,
2150 West 29th Avenue,
Second Floor, Denver, Colorado
80211.
- Credit
Card: Starting tomorrow afternoon, you can text the word HOPE to
80108 to give a donation using your credit card. (There is a
small processing fee that will be deducted from each donation given
through credit card.)
- $10
text donations: You can text the word FAMILY to 80108 to give a
$10 donation to the mGive Foundation's Castillo Family Fund.
Life is precious, from the baby unborn in the womb to
the elderly and the infirm. The loss of a baby strikes the
heart in a manner that shatters the day's peace and causes us to cry out to
God, "WHY!" It is right and proper that we ask God,
and we express to God that we don't like what is going on. We
shouldn't like it, we should be grateful. Grateful for the death of a
child? What madness is that? No, we are grateful for the salvation of
a little boy, and sorrow at how it happened. We all want our
children to share in the beatific vision, to spend eternity happy before
the thrown of God, but we want them to get there after us, and after a long
life filled with wonder.
It remains for us to help those whose journeys are not yet
ended. It is those who are left, the Castillo family, who
must shoulder the burden and the loss. As in all things hope remains
that one day we shall see all of our loved ones again.
Until that day, let us help as we can, pray as we ought, encourage as we
are able, and be a strength for our friends in their time of grief.
Duc in Altum!
Timothy Gallic
Principal, Holy Family High School
303-410-1411
p.s. All questions, cares, comments and concerns are
welcome!
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2013 Lenten
Series - Stories of
Conversion
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