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In a heartening return after a three-year hiatus, the spirited squad from Beaulieu Convent School in Jersey, UK, recently graced Oradea, Romania with their altruistic presence. A dynamic group of 12 students, guided by three dedicated teachers, immersed themselves in a week-long volunteering spree with the Caritas Catolica Association. During the eventful week, they visited home-care patients, distributed food parcels to the poor, and organized fun activities for underprivileged children.

Year after year, a group of retired Dutch ladies bring smiles to the faces of children in Bihor County (Romania) with beautiful, hand-knitted children's clothes.

It is with deep sorrow and a profound sense of loss that Caritas Catolica announces the passing of Mr. Peter van der Ven, a dedicated supporter and philanthropist from the Netherlands, who departed from this world last week. Pastor Jozsef Rajna has dedicated today’s holy mass to Peter’s memory. Together with his wife, Betty, Mr. Peter van der Ven has been an integral part of our Caritas family, tirelessly contributing to our mission of compassion and care for the less fortunate in Romania.

The long-standing collaboration between Caritas Catolica Oradea and HTL Mödling Vocational School in Austria continued. From November 5-10, a new group of 26 students visited us to work on renovating St. Joseph's Social Center.

Roman catholic Caritas Catolica and Greek catholic Caritas Eparhial associations are pleased to invite everyone to the traditional annual solidarity event, One Million Stars, on Thursday, November 16, at 6:30 p.m ., which will take place in front of the Roman-Catholic Cathedral of Oradea (2 Şirul Canonicilor Street).

We met our Austrian and German benefactors on a special trip from October 15-21, 2023. We had the occasion to meet again these dedicated people who share the fruits of their charitable work not only with their local communities, but also with those in need in the Diocese of Oradea through Caritas Catolica.

The youth group of Caritas in Vienna collected second-hand clothes for three days as part of the 72 hours without compromise program, with the help of volunteers from around 20 parishes. Of these, 120 boxes with clothes and shoes were donated on Friday to the Caritas Catolica Association from Oradea.

Caritas Catolica organized on Friday, October 13, in Oradea the first "Alzheimer's Walk", joining at the same time the voluntary movement entitled 72 hours without compromises initiated by Pope Francis. The Alzheimer's walk, modeled after Hungarian example, is actually a solidarity march, the purpose of which is on the one hand, to draw public attention to the situation of elderly patients struggling with mental deficiencies and, on the other, to promote community organizing, dialogue and exchange of experience related to the disease, connecting different religious congregations and civil organizations.

Professors of Divine Mercy University from Virginia and their senior year psychology students held a series of professional training sessions for Caritas Catolica staff in recent days.

The pupils of the Tamasi Áron Agricultural and Industrial Vocational School from Bors, led by class teacher Andrea Hofmann, have been volunteering regularly with us for years and beautifying the garden of St. Elizabeth Elderly Home with diligent work. Therefore, we were very pleased to be invited to their graduation, where Andrea Nagy, head of the elderly home, and Enikő Pentek, chief accountant of Caritas Catolica, thanked the students for their work and awarded certificates of appreciation to the two most active volunteer gardeners of the past year: graduate students Ervin Mihály Fűzfa and Szilárd Fazekas.