We’re not counting the days… but it’s only 162 until Christmas! Each year, our sites joyfully look forward to celebrating Christ. Last Christmas, Hemalatha and her family celebrated at home as well as with their parish community. “We are deeply grateful for the Christmas fund we received from Chalice, which made our celebrations even more […]
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Our Saint Dominique site is on a mission to nourish bodies and spirits and prove that change can begin with a single meal. The sponsor site used to be on the countryside edge of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Their orphanage, school, and clinic were all on-site. However, political violence and gang warfare began causing daily struggles […]
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Several years ago, Chalice’s African school farming program took root in Tanzania. The Neema site team spent years working with students and parent groups to plant acres of vegetables, cereals, and orchards. Today, they’re seeing the literal and figurative fruits of their labours. “The continued support from Chalice has significantly impacted the lives of the […]
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Let’s unwrap a little joy in July. Even though Christmas is still six months away, here at the parish of Our Lady of the Annunciation of Condebamba, the heartbeat of our PENNT sponsor site, we’re already feeling the warmth of the season. Recently renovated with the help of Chalice donors, the centre is home […]
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Tucked away in the lowlands of a mountain, Luhombero village is 375km from the closest Chalice-supported community. It is one of six tiny villages that form a region called Ilonga. The rural community faces many grave challenges, but there is also reason for lively hope. Through the tireless efforts of Fr. Kidata, our Mbinga site […]
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2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, […]
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Every day, in communities around the world our sponsor site staff meet families. Some they know well, some are new faces. What unites them are the daunting challenges of poverty – perhaps it’s food insecurity, health crises, or unemployment. Each family and story is unique, and each challenge is formidable. Our site staff meet each […]
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For Verónica, Chalice’s Arica site director, Leonor has been a cheerful and wise friend for almost thirty years. She met the then 76-year-old Leonor in 1997 when she was starting to prepare Chalice sponsorship applications for the burgeoning Arica site, which would open in 2000. “Doña Leonor” was one of the first elders sponsored through […]
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Meet the trailblazer from rural Kenya who became her family’s first university graduate. Joyce looks around her village – even her own family – and knows she was granted an extraordinary opportunity. The fifth of her parents seven children, Joyce grew up in a tiny community in Kitui county, where Chalice’s Mercy Care site is […]
Chalice’s Corpus Christi is booked and busy in June, which is when most of its child sponsorship appeals in parishes take place. Child sponsorship appeals are when a deacon or priest gives a talk about Chalice at Mass. The church holding the appeal is sent booklets of children available for sponsorship, which are displayed in […]