Report from Quebec, Canada
[Quebec, Canada]On Saturday, February 1, 2003, the first day of the city's Chinese New Year festival, initiates from the Montreal Center held a humanitarian activity to express our compassionate and generous Master's undying interest in the well-being of the homeless, by distributing Her donation of US$3000.
Visit to the Salvation Army's homeless center. Distributing warm clothing and sandwiches to the homeless on Montreal's downtown streets.
Each year, Master also sends gifts to Aulacese artists and those working in the media. So as usual, at the beginning of the Chinese New Year, we visited their homes, bringing them Master's special New Year's gifts, red envelopes (a traditional Chinese offering containing money) and Her unconditional love. The recipients then asked us to convey their heartfelt thanks to Master for remembering them through Her loving presents.
Local initiates also traveled by car through the streets and by foot along the metro lines in and around metropolitan Montreal, distributing specially-prepared vegetarian sandwiches and warm clothing to the poor. At the end of the day, the fellow practitioners concluded their gift distribution at The Salvation Army, an institution devoted to serving hot meals to the homeless. For both the initiates and their less fortunate brothers and sisters, the activity turned out to be an unforgettable expression of Master's boundless love, which spread like sunrays and brought smiles of happiness and gratitude to the faces of the beneficiaries.
A Thank-you letter from a group of Aulacese needy people, who received Master's New Year Gifts. The next afternoon, the Montreal Center rented an exposition booth at the Hippodrome de Montreal, where many needy families, mostly new arrivals to Canada, were invited to come and receive Master's love and New Year's gifts. A thank you letter was then given to Master from all the recipients, stating their gratitude and warm wishes to Her for the New Year.
