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In honor of the recently deceased members of the Franciscan Sisters Congregation from Breda, pastor Jozsef Rajna, director of Caritas Catolica, has presented a commemorative Mass in the chapel of St. Joseph's Center, the headquarters of the Catholic aid organization. The members of the Dutch Congregation have been supporting the work of Caritas in Oradea for decades, they have even financed the renovation of the roof structure of St. Joseph's Center, where the commemorative Mass took place, and in recent years they have taken under their protective wing the home care service.

Günther Wiedemann, representant of the charity Alb Donau Rumänienhilfe, has visited the Ierului region in Bihor County at the end of last year to give Christmas gifts to children in 8 localities. He has been organizing similar actions for over 22 years.

Volunteers from Caritas Catolica in Oradea will distribute hot meals from 15 December, every Wednesday from 2 p.m. at the Main Street entrance of the Church of Friends.

Dear Caritas employees. After 19 years of sponsorship by our foundation Steungroep Nederland Roemenië we decided to end our foundation. At the start in 2003 we planned to have for 10 years this foundation… but … there were always new challenges, new projects, new possibilities to improve the lives of the beneficiaries or improve the working situation / diminish workload for employees.

We are deeply saddened to learn that our dear friend Tünder Löchli, of the Caritas organization in Satu Mare, has passed away tragically. Shee was an extraordinary individual who showed us the way both humanly and professionally. She has managed the work of the Caritas organization in Satu Mare for two decades, and she also helped Caritas in Oradea a lot with her friendly attitude and expertise. She was always giving and giving. With her innovative spirit, caritas of Satu Mare prospered under her management.

We have learnt with sorrow in our hearts, that our long-time benefactor, and good friend, Jaap Stellingwerff (from Boskoop, the Netherlands) has recently passed away at age of 80.

Tonight, the flames of solidarity were lit once again in Oradea, during the One Million Stars event 2021, which, due to the epidemiological situation, was held with closed gates, in the garden of St. Elizabeth's Elderly Home, with only a few invited guests.

On 1st of October, the inhabitants of the two Caritas elderly homes in Oradea, have celebrated the International Day of the Older Persons in an unusual way, joining the so-called "Granny" program of the CE Association, giving lifelong advice and messages to students from several local secondary schools.

On Wednesday, September 15th, the volunteers of the Caritas Catolica Association distributed donations in the form of school supplies to the community of the Lucreția Suciu Secondary School in Oradea, made up mostly of roma children. The seven crates and dozens of other school bags filled with school supplies came from the Austrian sponsors of Caritas Catolica, following the summer charity collection of the permanent deacon Peter Zidar and the parish community Maria Ansbach. The packages included watercolors, notebooks, stationery, toys, school bags, folders, clothing and other educational equipment.

As the last stop of their week-long tour of Transylvania, a delegation from Hungary led by Dr. Szakács Ferenc Sándor, the coordinator in charge of the church and civil affairs of the Deputy State Secretariat for Social Inclusion, and Tibor Rácz, referent to the Deputy Secretary of State for National Policy, also paid a visit to the headquarters of Caritas Catolica Association in Oradea on the 30th of July, Friday.