By popular request, we’ve done something new this year. We’ve printed Christmas cards featuring artwork by sponsored youth, and one highly creative sponsor. You can get your set of ten cards for a donation here or by clicking the link below. Let’s meet the artists!
Jozantha
She is in grade ten and lives with her family in our Goa sponsor site. She celebrates Christmas with her parents, sister, and grandmother. They go to midnight Mass together, and then her mum and grandmother make biryani, a favourite mixed rice dish. Delicious!
Fernando José
He is in grade 12 and lives with his mother and four brothers in La Paz, Bolivia. One of his favourite parts of Christmas is when his mother cooks picana, a fragrantly seasoned, slow-cooked soup made with meat, potatoes, corn, root vegetables.
John
He is the fourth of his parents’ ten children, living together in our rural Filipino site of Samar. Now in grade ten, Jhon is diligent about his studies and wants to make his sponsor proud. Families in Samar use special Christmas funds from Chalice on food to share with their family on Christmas Eve and as they welcome the new year. Children also buy new clothes to wear at family gatherings and Mass.
Viktoriia
She is 16 years old and the middle sister of two brothers. Thanks to her sponsor’s support through our Pochaiv, Ukraine site, she’s been thriving in her art school classes. In fact, she graduated from two state art colleges (one for art, one for piano) with honours! She’s winning accolades for her artwork and musicianship across Ukraine.
Perina
She is a fiery 16-year-old sponsor from Combermere, Ontario. She’s passionately pro-life, an avid reader, baker, musician, and writer. She always loved reading about Chalice’s work and the children and families’ triumphs. Feeling called to help, she began painting and selling Christmas cards and donating the proceeds to Chalice’s Christmas fund. As she paints each face of her caroling choir, she meditates on Christ’s presence in every person — in Canada, and around the world.
All proceeds from Christmas card donations go to our Christmas fund, which gives sponsored children, their siblings, and their socially vulnerable neighbours the tremendous gift of a Christmas celebration. Supplies are limited, so order yours today!
See all the drawings at: chalice.ca/through-my-eyes