Saint Francis of Assisi Day 2013
Dear supporters of the St. Francis Home, we would like to invite You to join to the celebration of Saint Francis of Assisis Day, which will be held on 4th October 2013 at 10:00 at the St. Francis Home in Veselí nad Lužnicí. Saint Francis of Assisi Day.
Meeting with Sisters from Africa 24.9. – 1.10. 2013
We would like to invite You for meeting with sisters from Africa, who are taking care of orphans at children’s home.
Lecture program of sisters from Africa.
Doors Open Day at Diocesan Charity ČB
We would like to invite You for the celebration Day of Charity in Diocesan Charity ČB.
We are going to celebrate the Day of Charity in way that Doors Open Day will be held at all facilities in Diocesan Charity ČB on Thursday 3.10. at 9:00 – 15:00 (for the public).
Week of Charity in South Bohemian region II.
The 2nd Annual “Week of Charity” will take place in towns of South Bohemian region in the course of the months September, October and November 2013.
In Bílá Voda they know how to turn communion wafers into chips
Bílá Voda (region of Jeseníky) – In the only plant producing communion wafers in the Czech Republic – Unita in Bílá Voda in Jeseníky region – they came with new way of making use of leftovers from production of round wafers used for Holy Communion. Before the leftovers were put into bags and were distributed to parishes but now they came with more efficient and original utilization – special Unichips are made out of them.
Consul’s Activity Discontinued
From March 2013 onwards, the Embassy of Ukraine discontinued the activities of their consul in České Budějovice, for the activity was insufficiently funded.
Diocesan Charity Looks for a Volunteer to Assist Temporarily with Folding Clothes
The EVA Counselling Center for girls and women in need was caught in crisis operation. Thus, they’d need a volunteer to help them with the closet organisation from the beginning of May 2013. It would mean helping one day a week for 1-2 hours, which in total means helping approximately four times. We are asking for help, because three out of five of our workers are currently ill, or are taking care of their sick children. The two who remained healthy have to take care of the whole Center and they daily provide help to approximately 20 clients. In the following text, you will learn further details about work which is done in the closet.
Course of English Commenced on March 12
On March 12, the Counselling Centre for Foreigners and Migrants commenced a course of the English language for foreigners.
New types of wafers - UNITA Ltd.
Plant Unita Ltd. in Bílá Voda close to Javorník where communion wafers are produced has recently widened its range of goods. Newly Bílá Voda will supply places of pilgrimage and spa centres with traditional round wafers with various flavours but also with three-corned wafers (triangles) with chocolate or peanut flavour. Thanks to new machines for wafers baking the production will be multiply larger which will bring new job vacancies. New premises and machines were blessed by the bishop of Ostrava-Opava diocese František Václav Lobkowicz on Wednesday 11th May. The development of company which is in property of Diocesan Caritas Ostrava-Opava was enabled by grant received from Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovations (Ministry of Industry and Trade).
The Epiphany Collection Has Finished
Press release of the Diocesan Charity in České Budějovice
The thirteenth Epiphany Collection in the České Budějovice diocese has successfully finished. The proceeds of the Collection are CZK 4,025,130 which is CZK 154 624 more than it was the previous year. There were 51 registered places where the carollers went carol-singing in order to raise money to support social and humanitarian projects both in our region as well as abroad.
