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Bayanihan spirit helps build Balay sa Paglaum houses in Samboan

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Picture this scene. Chapel leaders prepare hot meals for the carpenters. Housing beneficiaries donate lumber from their coconut trees, as well as provide sweat equity. A local hardware owner loans out building materials. Sunday Mass churchgoers give more during the second collection for the project. Only the labor rendered by carpenters hired from another town …

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In focus: ABAG-CANTACACU Nativity of Mary Parish Caritas Canduman, Mandaue City

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The Nativity of Mary Parish in Canduman, Mandaue City just recently marked its 28th founding anniversary. No big celebration, no fanfare. Instead, its parish priest, Rev. Fr. Sinfronio Atienza, and parochial vicar, Rev. Fr. Dave Cantillas, took stock of what the parish has done so far to help alleviate the plight of its parishioners, most …

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Solidarity statement on Tropical Storm Agaton-affected communities

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            Cebu Caritas also expresses its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and also its filial support to the affected communities which until now are still struggling to cope with lack of food and loss of livelihood. We realize how difficult the path to full recovery is. Yet, as children of Easter and firm believers in the Lord of the Resurrection, we remain steadfast and strong in our resolve that all of us shall rise again after these storms.

Rowing in the same direction: How the Archdiocese of Cebu answered challenges of Odette

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How was it possible for the Archdiocese of Cebu to mount a massive relief and recovery effort for victims of super typhoon Odette that ravaged many parts of Cebu? To date, the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Service-Cebu Caritas’ post-Odette activities have served 92 parishes and 81,363 families in Cebu. Cabu Caritas distributed 44,964 Bags of …

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In focus: Sacred Heart Parish Caritas pays it forward

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The Jesuit-administered Archdiocesan Shrine of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Cebu City is unique. It is the only Roman Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Cebu that is classified as a “personal” parish for the Chinese-Filipino community of Cebu, with territorial jurisdiction. And because many of its parishioners and churchgoers come from the …

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PARISH CARITAS: COMMUNITY FEEDING A COMMUNITY
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST OF THE AGONY-GETHSEMANE PARISH

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March 16, 2020. Government had just ordered a nationwide lockdown amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, many of them fatal. For the team of pastors of the Catholic Church of Christ of the Agony-Gethsemane Parish in Casuntingan, Mandaue City, the church needed to be present among and for its faithful during this critical time. Rev. …

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