24 Mar 2022
MSCs in the Philippines joined forces with the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and local volunteers to offer emergency relief aid to survivors of a fire that tore through the community of St Teresa of Calcutta in Quezon City on Tuesday, March 8th.
The MSC Scholasticate Community visited the community of the St Teresa of Calcutta Chapel to help with relief aid, including food provision and the distribution of care packages, shortly after the fire took place on March 8th. The St Teresa of Calcutta Chapel is just one of the chapels of the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mission Station in the area, which is under the pastoral care and guidance of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
More than 80 families were left homeless following the blaze, where possessions, houses, and valuables were all lost to the flames. The MSC Scholasticate Community distributed care packages containing food and essentials, including pre-loved clothes and goods for families that had been left with nothing following the fire.
The MSC Scholasticate Community shared an update on the relief aid on their Facebook page, writing, “Gratitude is due to the OMI Theologate Community, SFIC Philippines, and some other individuals for sharing their resources in helping the affected community.”
The MSC Scholasticate Community in the Philippines distributed care packages containing food and essentials, including pre-loved clothes and goods for families that had been left with nothing following the fire in Quezon City. (Image via @msciskos on Facebook.)
The MSC Scholasticate Community in the Philippines distributed care packages containing food and essentials, including pre-loved clothes and goods for families that had been left with nothing following the fire in Quezon City. (Image via @msciskos on Facebook.)
The MSC Scholasticate Community in the Philippines distributed care packages containing food and essentials, including pre-loved clothes and goods for families that had been left with nothing following the fire in Quezon City. (Image via @msciskos on Facebook.)
“Together, we all make present the Heart of God on Earth,” they finished.
Please keep our Sacred Heart family in Quezon City in your prayers as they help survivors of the fire to find safety and security in the wake of this disaster.
Images via the MSC Scholasticate Community – Philippines on Facebook.
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