Drug and alcohol abuse can be a taboo subject, making it all the more difficult for families trying to get help for their loved ones. Behind much of addiction often lies trauma – some predating substance abuse, dating from childhood or adolescence, whilst other trauma is consequently triggered by the dangerous lifestyle addiction inflicts –… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Non Profit & Charity
Annual Event to Commemorate Peacebuilding in Mindanao Calls For Collective Action to Develop Peace
On January 24, 2022, over 22,000 representatives from 51 countries attended an international peace conference. The event commemorated a civilian-led peace agreement made between Islamic and Catholic communities in Mindanao, the Philippines eight years ago. In 2014, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), an international NGO, mediated a conflict in Mindanao. Witnessed by… Read more »
World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life – Franciscan Sisters’ Discernment Resources and Retreats
The Sisters will be featuring the “Living Consecrated Life” conversations at https://fscc-calledtobe.org/discern-your-franciscan-calling/ Both newer Sisters in formation and longtime vowed Sisters have come from ‘the East Coast, West Coast and North Coast’ to the Fresh Coast of Northeast Wisconsin joining the Franciscan Community. Sisters featured in the six part series are: Sister Carmen Marie Diaz, Professed… Read more »
Exhibition of Ukrainian landscape art works to show in Silkeborg, Denmark, supported by Tymofeev Foundation
The exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art Unfolding Landscapes: Landscape and Poetics in Ukrainian Art will start on January 29, 2022. It will be exhibited in the art center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark. The partners and sponsors of the exhibition are The Danish Arts Foundation (Staten Kunstfond), the European Region of Culture (Europæisk Kulturregion), the platform… Read more »
Local Miami Charity, The Virgin Mary Foundation, creates “Baggy Program” to provide Foster Cares with Essentials for kids and teenagers
The Virgin Mary Foundation inaugurated their Baggy Program by donating 20 equipped duffle bags to the His House Children’s Home for the incoming children and teenagers of December in the foster system. Since 2018, The Virgin Mary Foundation has served the community and helped foster cares in Miami in various ways. In early December 2021, they inaugurated… Read more »
