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19 October 2003
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$1.75m for Caritas
By Chris Lindsay
More than $1.75 million has been raised this year in the archdiocese of Sydney and the dioceses of Broken Bay and Parramatta for Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Appeal to help the world’s most disadvantaged people.
The theme for the appeal was Freedom from Slavery, focusing on freeing people from oppression.
Caritas Australia is the Catholic agency for overseas aid and development.
The money is being spent on rebuilding projects in East Timor and Bougainville, support for people living in shanty towns in Brazil and anti-human trafficking programs in Nepal and other parts of Asia to counter the trade in forced prostitution.
Mrs Patricia Burke, Sydney archdiocesan director of Caritas Australia, said she was delighted with the tremendous response to the Project Compassion Appeal.
“Next year will mark Caritas Australia’s 40th year of service in alleviating poverty and bringing hope, life, peace and justice to communities in more than 50 countries around the world,” she said.
“We would like to make our promotion of Caritas particularly successful in 2004; and this will only be possible with people’s support.”
Parishes that gave more than $10,000 this year in the Sydney Metropolitan dioceses were Chatswood, Dee Why, Pymble, Waitara, Castle Hill, Greystanes, Plumpton, Rydalmere. Ashfield, Caringbah, Church Hill, Cronulla, Drummoyne, Earlwood, Eastwood, Engadine, Fairfield, Gymea, Haberfield, Kingsgrove, Liverpool, Malabar, Marrickville, Mosman, Penshurst, Randwick, Revesby, Ryde, Strathfield and Waverley.
Schools that raised more than $6000 for Project Compassion in the Sydney Metropolitan dioceses were: Caroline Chisholm College, Glenmore Park; St Andrew’s College Holy Family and John Paul II campuses; Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta; Patrician Brothers College, Fairfield; Holy Spirit College, Lakemba; Casimir College, Marrickville; Monte Sant’ Angelo College, North Sydney and St Mary’s Cathedral College, Sydney.
“The support from the parishes and schools this year was outstanding and we thank them,” Mrs Burke said.
“The work of assisting those who live in poverty around the world is certainly a shared enterprise.
“We also thank the people of Sydney for their generous response to this year’s Humanitarian Crisis - Iraq Appeal.”