Diocesan Charity in
České Budějovice

The staff and the residents of the St. Francis Home would like to invite you to celebrate the occasion of the Day of Saint Francis of Assisi.

It was ten years ago when the Czech Republic had been struck by the devastating floods. The Czech Republic Charity helped hundreds of households, both directly during the floods and also afterwards, when the new houses and homes started to be built. There were dozens of people helping – employees of the Charity, but also over one thousand volunteers, some of them even from Poland and Croatia.

Tragic news from Kwekwe, Zimbabwe – on May 28 at 10 p.m., a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms in the orphanage.

On June 7, 2012 the Charity Week was commenced at the premises of South Bohemian Regional Council. The Charity Week is a common project of South Bohemian Region and the Diocesan Charity in České Budějovice and is under the patronage of the Deputy Governor Mrg. Ivana Stránská. Activities of the Diocesan Charity in the fields of social and health services, which have twenty-year-long tradition, are going to be presented during the Charity Week.

Eight children from the children´s home Kasa Noastra Zaguženi are going to spend six weeks in České Budějovice at their recovery stay, which is provided for them by Diocesan Charity in České Budějovice. They are going to arrive on Wednesday, June 13.

A festive meeting with Bishop Pavel Posád at Virgin Mary Sacrifice monastic church, which is located at the Piarist Square in České Budějovice, took place at the end of May.

A workshop on Strategic planning was organised by the management of the Diocesan Charity in České Budějovice for their executives.