The Latin word caritas means the love that God gives. God’s love is always at work, directed to the good of society and of our neighbour. In this sense parish Caritas is a pastoral body of the parish community whose task is to animate and coordinate that love in action, and to bear witness to it. Parish Caritas is the third branch of pastoral work, alongside catechesis and the liturgy, and it helps the Church and her members to live charity. The regular activities of Caritas are:
organising a Christmas fair whose proceeds go to the poor families of our parish;
regular visits by the members and volunteers of Caritas to the elderly and the sick;
“Hands that carry hope”, a project now under way, with a spiritual, social and medical dimension of care;
organising volunteers for the Roma pilgrimage at the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady;
organising gatherings for the World Day of the Sick and the Elderly on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February;
taking part in the projects organised by the national Caritas office.