The parish of St. Margaret Mary, Spotswood celebrating a theme of mission and outreach through its weekly liturgies, has entered into the "La Mesa Compartida" or "The Shared Table" mission project.
The idea of "The Shared Table" was inspired by the Year of the Eucharist. The aim of the project is to provide one reasonable meal a day for the local children and, at the same place, to provide a simple library where the children can do their homework. Their homes are simply unable to provide for this, and so the children have little or no chance to improve their circumstances.
The parish of St Margaret Mary's Spotswood took up a collection for the work of Fr. Mick McKinnon, the parish priest of Nuestra Senora de la Paz (Our Lady of Peace) in El Valle, Peru.

Human dignity is all important and it does not come from charity in the end, but can be nurtured through what can be called "solidarity". This is an important concept behind "The Shared Table" project. Fr McKInnon's wish is to develop in people a more profound devotion to the Eucharist,and give them a means of living out the implications of what we share and celebrate. His hope is that when people who choose to support the project sit down to their family meal, they will do so knowing that they are sharing the essence of that meal with the children of Peru.

Further information can be obtainedd by visiting the blogspot of Fr Mick at www.lamesacompartida.blogspot.com