You are not a member of this group. Would you like to join it so that you can participate in it?

Photo Gallery Group Photo Girls Photo Current Bunk Conditions View All Photos Give Time, Talent, Treasure - How You Can Be Involved! Won't You Help? YOU can help make a difference in the lives of the girls of Casa Hogar by donating time, money or other much needed resources, such as clothing, medicine, books, school supplies. We hope to continue to support the beautiful girls of Casa Hogar, who are fighting against all odds to make it. Can you help? Contact us to donate or for further information:  Contact Father Kirby at: jkirby@casahogariowa.org or telephone at: (515) 222-1022 or (515) 321-4537 THANK YOU!!! Bookmarks · Casa Hogar

Welcome On this page, you will find information on Casa Hogar - a project started by Fr. Kirby (Resident Priest at Dowling and Associate at Christ the King Church). The need was discovered by Father Kirby, while in Venezuela on an Operation Smile visit.  The Casa Hogar Orphanage is located in Barinas, Venezuela.  It is home to 45 girls from ages 4 through 16.  The most difficult issue these girls face is abandonment and neglect from the people who are suppose to love them the most — their families. They have a deep need for love and affirmation. The girls of Casa Hogar also lack basic human needs of food, clothing, medical support, and more. About Casa Hogar of Iowa — Who We Are! Casa Hogar of Iowa, Inc. is made up of a group of people, who have fallen in love with the orphaned girls of Casa Hogar in Barinas, Venezuela. Allison Kinney and Father Jim Kirby first visited the orphanage in October 2003. Since then, others have visited the orphanage, while still others have supported Casa Hogar through financial donations, along with medical, school and other much-needed supplies. We are a group of people whose lives have been touched by Casa Hogar and its inhabitants. We hope you will join us in the venture. Casa Hogar of Iowa Inc. Board of Directors Fr. James Kirby, Chair Heberth Pacheco, Vice-Chair, is located in Baranitas, Venezuela Teri Breck, Officer Mary Sheka, Officer Regina Montgomery, Treasurer Please click on the following link to read and learn more about this important ministry adopted by Fr. Kirby - when you get to the site, click on "Our Story" first - to get a good overview of the orphanage and needs involved. CASA HOGAR INFORMATION There are already many folks from St. Anthony's and Christ the King Parishes involved, as well as many people and companies around the Des Moines Diocese. This is a perfect opportunity to share your Stewardship gifts of Time, Talent, and Treasure and stretch beyond our local community to help these girls in great need.  While Fr. Kirby and others have done great work here, there is more to be done. Please consider this cause as a way to extend your Stewardship Gifts to those in greater need than us. Thanks in advance for learning about this ministry and how you can help!!