The word Caritas is Latin for Love and Charity. As the charitable arm of the Catholic Church, Caritas spearheads the Church’s social mission. Our mission is to respond to humanitarian crises, promote integral human development, advocate against the root causes of poverty and violence, and empower and engage youth for mission.
Working alongside 29 parishes across Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Perak, and Kelantan, we coordinate programs to deliver essential aid and services to those most in need.
With your help, we can reach more people in need. Your participation can transform lives and give hope to the vulnerable.
Parish Caritas can access the guidelines for applying for grants for your church or beneficiaries here.
Parish Caritas representatives can access the training materials here.
Love Squad teams can access the Lenten Campaign instructional guides here.
Volunteers can catch up on our recent online formation programs by watching the recordings here.
Collection of prayers that everyone can use to intercede for themselves and those who are suffering.
Safeguarding is foundational to all Caritas’ work. This formation will equip you to identify different forms of abuse and exploitation, and teach practical steps to protect the people we serve and prevent them from further harm.
In conjunction with the Season of Creation 2025, themed Peace with Creation, Caritas Penang will be organising YOUM.A.D 2.0 Camp for young adults.
In this training, you will be equipped with skills to protect the asylum seeker and refugee, and help them to live a more dignified life.
In this training, you will be equipped with skills to protect the asylum seeker and refugee, and help them to live a more dignified life.
Join us in this webinar to have a better understanding about drug addiction, how it usually begins, and where we can seek help.
Monsoon season is near, this orientation will prepare parishes to act in the event of flood or any other emergency situations.
In conjunction with the Season of Creation 2025, themed Peace with Creation, Caritas Penang will be organising a Neighbourhood Clean-up to raise awareness on caring for our common home.
The detainees are in urgent need of these basic necessities, and your support can make a meaningful difference in their lives.
Come together, meet new people, and engage in meaningful conversations that brings awareness about the homeless.
The World Day of Migrants and Refugees this year will be celebrated at Church of Sacred Heart, Kampar. The theme for 2024 is “God walks with His people”.
May 17–24, 2026 > Save the Date for Laudato Si’ Week 2026 “As stewards of God’s creation, we are called to make the earth a beautiful garden for the human family.”— Pope Francis
In conjunction with the Season of Creation 2025, themed Peace with Creation, Caritas Penang organised a three-day, two-night immersion camp, inviting young adults to spend a night in the jungle with the Orang Asli community.
How we celebrate the Season of Creation and World Day of Migrants and Refugees in 2025?
On 5 September 2025, the Feast of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Caritas Penang held a day of prayer, recollection, and planning with Lighthouse and St Joseph’s Home.
Spend a couple of hours or more a week volunteering in learning centre, medical centres, homes for the aged, women shelter or disaster affected communities.
As the season of Lent approaches, communities worldwide prepare for reflection, repentance, and renewal.
Caritas Church of Christ The King initiated a soup kitchen in 2023 to address the homeless and urban poor issues in Sungai Petani. Today, this project attracts volunteers from other faiths to serve a hot meal to the hungry every Saturday.
In 2014, Church of OMPH saw the need to help the underprivileged children in their studies, the volunteers persisted in this mission for more than 10 years, and today many children are already graduated from university.
After attending a forum on Refugee Crisis, Risen Christ Catholic Church visited the refugee community and decided to assist and advocate for this issue. They started a project during Advent and help the congregation to understand the problems, then they proposed an outreach to visit and help them.
The Church of Sacred Heart of Jesus understood that in order to effectively care for creation, everyone must first have a heartfelt conversion on our failure to care. As a steward of the Earth, a duty entrusted by God to human, we must stop the propensity to plunder and waste
Earth’s resources are being stripped off everyday for the sake of profit and causes climate change that harm the entire creation. What can we do?
Our world is broken because we are spiritually broken. God sent Jesus to humanity so that He can fix our relationships with Him and heal our brokenness.
Caritas Penang operates under the jurisdiction of The Titular Roman Catholic Bishop of Penang.
