What is Caritas
Caritas is the charitable arm of the Roman Catholic Church. It is to spearhead the church’s social mission, to respond to humanitarian crisis, promote integral human development and advocate on the causes of poverty and violence.
Caritas relies on the commitment of many who offer their services as volunteers in the name of faith. Most of them are highly qualified professionals with backgrounds in various fields, like management, social work, logistics, etc.
People with compassion, are at the root of their action: they feel the other person's feelings, suffer with them, and share the struggle for quality of life using the possibilities that exist.
Laymen, laywomen, people of all ages, including youth, with the mission to announce the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with freedom and autonomy, without falling into militancy, conscious to accomplish a mission entrusted to them by God.
The help of Caritas volunteers is essential to our mission of listening to the pleas of those in need and responding with action and love. When you volunteer to help people in need, your practical and compassionate actions can make all the difference to them.
You can distribute humanitarian aid to the disaster or conflict affected population.
You can treat the sick in the medical camp, we organise it for the marginalised communities.
You will be trained to befriend and care for the lonely and ill in the charity homes or hospitals.
You can teach the students, the Catholic Church runs learning centres for the underprivileged.
Together we can be the salt and light of the world, building communities based on fraternal love, justice, and peace.
Caritas is the charitable arm of the Roman Catholic Church. It is to spearhead the church’s social mission, to respond to humanitarian crisis, promote integral human development and advocate on the causes of poverty and violence.
Caritas Penang comes under the jurisdiction of The Titular Roman Catholic Bishop of Penang.
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