Taking a leaf out of St. Therese’s Little Way, Kristin McCarthy has launched a small fundraiser with big heart. Klaire (left) and her mother, Kristin (right), holding a handmade Ukrainian flag The owner of Kristin McCarthy Designs in Rockwood, Ontario, Kristin has begun making small, woollen Ukrainian flags. She’s selling them and donating the money […]
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Rima is one smiley girl! Growing up near our Assam site in India, her parents were thrilled when she, the fourth child in their family, was born. As time went on, though, it became clear something was off.
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Noemi is a woman with big plans: becoming a doctor. She’s studying integral beauty at school, but her sights are set on medicine. Once she’s accepted to university, she’ll work as a stylist to cover her expenses. But her success is the result of many years of struggle. Her single mother raised her and […]
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When sponsored child Sameera was just 10 months old, her parents knew something was off.
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The Sisters of St Joseph Mombasa run Chalice’s Mombasa sponsor site, working in the low-income neighborhoods of this coastal city in Kenya. They run three homes for children: the Grandsons of Abraham Rescue Centre, Bakitah Girls Rescue Centre, and the Shanzu Orphanage. The Grandsons of Abraham Centre rescues, rehabilitates and educates boys who have lived in […]
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As they say: when one door closes, another one opens. With the help of the Chalice sponsorship program and the hand of God, that’s a truth Arockiya now sees clearly.
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For Safina, going to school every day was far from the reality she grew up with. Her mom was a single parent who struggled to provide four children with enough to eat, let alone enough money to pay school fees. Teachers, seeing she couldn’t pay, would send Safina home. She often missed school for weeks […]
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In a way, says Father Patrick Cosgrove, Corpus Christi has always been part of Chalice’s making. “It was there in naissance, in our very name,” he shared in an interview. Corpus Christi, also known as the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, is something Chalice supporters have been hearing a lot about, whether […]
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In parts of Canada and the U.S., rainfall is so common, it’s almost a nuisance. We grumble as we walk home in the rain, or complain off-handedly to our colleagues about the commute to work. It’s tempting to forget that in many parts of the world, rain isn’t a nuisance – it’s life. Kenyans have […]
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If someone ever gifts you a goat and a few chickens, and you’re not sure what to do, just ask Virgil and Shirley. On a Chalice medical mission trip to Tanzania circa 2013, they found themselves in this exact scenario.