02 Feb 2023
As 2022 reached its end, the MSC Mission Office in the Philippines once again ran their Christmas Basket project, which this year saw over 1,000 pledges helping families in the remote communities of Bataan and Caloocan City.
Care packages containing groceries and essentials were distributed in Calcoocan City and in St Thomas Aquinas Parish, Bangkal, Abucay, Bataan at the end of December. Working together with the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mission Station and a team of wonderful volunteers, the Missions Office were able to raise enough funds for over 1,000 Christmas baskets to help families in need. Each pledge for a basket was marked at a value of 500 Philippine pesos, which meant that a whole family’s Christmas could be entirely transformed for a little under €8.50 per household.
Distributing Christmas baskets in the parish of St Thomas Aquinas in Bataan, led by Fr Ace Yu MSC with the help of parishioners and volunteers. (Images via @mscmissionphil on Facebook.)
Distributing Christmas baskets in the parish of St Thomas Aquinas in Bataan, led by Fr Ace Yu MSC with the help of parishioners and volunteers. (Images via @mscmissionphil on Facebook.)
Distributing Christmas baskets in the parish of St Thomas Aquinas in Bataan, led by Fr Ace Yu MSC with the help of parishioners and volunteers. (Images via @mscmissionphil on Facebook.)
These photos, from the Facebook page for the MSC Mission Office in the Philippines, show the distribution of Christmas baskets in the parish of St Thomas Aquinas in Bataan, led by Fr Ace Yu MSC with the help of parishioners and volunteers. You can also click here to watch a video from the Christmas basket distribution event in Caloocan City, courtesy of the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mission Station.
“We would like to thank all our donors and mission partners who supported us in the campaign to bring joy this Christmas season,” posted the Facebook page for the MSC Mission Office in the Philippines. “We also thank the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mission Station and all the volunteers who help us to make this project possible. To all of you, MARAMING, MARAMING SALAMAT PO! (Thank you, thank you very much!)”
Images via the Facebook page for the MSC Mission Office in the Philippines.
Video link via the Facebook page for the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mission Station.
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