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 […]
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Throughout June 2023, but especially the 10th and 11th, Chalice volunteers across Canada were abuzz with activity. As the Church celebrated the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we carried out our second annual Corpus Christi sponsorship weekend event. More than 400 volunteers mobilized to run a sponsorship weekend in one of 168 […]
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102 people will soon have safe place to live. Every family deserves a safe and stable home, but many sponsored and non-sponsored families in our Madurai site’s communities are living in dangerous, temporary, and dilapidated shelters without proper toilet facilities. Facing many financial constraints, families are unable to build secure or hygienic homes. In 2021, […]
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Noela dreamed of one day helping others, even if she wasn’t sure what possibilities life might hold for her. Her family faced many challenges growing up. Noela and her four siblings were raised by her grandmother, Mary Rose, near our Nandom sponsor site in Ghana. Sponsorship found its way into Noela’s life, opening doors she […]
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Romans 8:22-27 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen […]