Welcome to Catholic Mission’s ‘Life-Giving Gifts’, the catalogue for people who are passionate about making a difference globally, and where you can find a selection of gifts that will truly have a lasting impact for those in desperate need around the world.
HOW DO GIFTS WORK? When you purchase a Life-Giving Gift, your donation to Catholic Mission goes towards the support of many projects worldwide that help improve the lives of children and communities in need, and support the training of church leaders in developing countries. You will receive a beautifully designed printed card portraying the photo of the gift you have purchased, plus some information about what your gift represents. The card will be posted to you and you will be able to write your own personal message on it before giving it to your loved one. Please allow seven business days to receive your cards. Alternatively you can choose to order your gifts online and send your loved one an e-card either immediately or on a designated date.
HOW DOES MY GIFT CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNDED PROJECTS? The gifts featured throughout the catalogue are representative of the life-changing projects we support throughout the world in each category: ‘Give Life to Children’, ‘Give Life to Communities’, and ‘Give Life through Church Leaders’. When you purchase your Life-Giving Gift, your donation will be pooled into the general children, community or church leader’s fund, and will support a range of similar projects in that category. You can also order online at
www.catholicmission.org.au/gifts Catholic Mission’s Life-Giving Gifts
Catholic Mission is the official mission aid agency of the Catholic Church. We reach out, give life and call all people in the world to faith, justice and love. We operate in over 160 countries around the world and support initiatives in 1100 dioceses, including remote Australia. www.catholicmission.org.au
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How to give a gift
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You can find an order form at the from our selection of and be assured that back of this catalogue. Please fill it Life-Giving Gifts which any of these gifts will in, moisten the glue in the dedicated are organised into three have a real impact in areas, seal and return it to us. Our categories: projects for the life of someone address is already indicated at the back of the form, and you will children, communities, in great need. not need a stamp or an envelope. and church leaders. You can also order online at www. catholicmission.org.au/gifts, call us toll free on 1800 257 296 or fax your order form to us at 02 8904 0185.
PERSONALISE AND SEND A CARD
The cards for the gifts you purchase will be sent directly to your postal address, so you can personalise them with a message before forwarding onto your loved one. Each card will include information about the project your gift represents. Below is a preview of our beautifully designed printed cards.
YOUR DONATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO MANY
This very special gift will be wrapped in love for those who receive it, and will have a life-changing impact for the beneficiaries of the project the gift supports.
Our gift cards Catholic Mission’s Life-Giving Gifts
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These gifts support projects that provide holistic child development— physical, social, emotional and spiritual—and aim to provide the essential food, shelter, education, and healthcare that children need. It is the right of every child to be given as many opportunities as possible to grow, develop and have a brighter future full of hope.
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Catholic Mission’s Life-Giving Gifts
CODE: C1
$8
One laying hen for an orphanage Your gift of a hen will help an orphanage in Iquitos, Peru— where boys and girls who have been left orphaned receive board and an education—by providing meals for the children, training on how to raise hens, and income from selling the eggs.
$17
CODE: C2
Textbooks for two primary school children for one year Books are very important tools for the education of children and for their literacy skills. Your gift will provide two primary school children living in a squatter’s area of the Philippines with fundamental textbooks so they can attend school, have better opportunities to find good jobs and strive for a brighter future.
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CODE: C3
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$28
CODE: C4
$58
A nourishing daily meal for 25 children
One Braille slate for 20 visually impaired students
Nutritious meals are crucial for the growth and development of young children. Your gift will provide 25 children at the Verbist Care Centre in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia—who have lived most of their short lives facing extreme poverty, malnourishment and homelessness—with a nourishing daily meal, so they can regain and maintain good health.
Every child has the right to receive a proper education! Your gift will provide a class of twenty visually impaired students in India with one mathematics Braille slate each, enabling them to pass their exams and complete high school.
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CODE: C5
$220
$435
CODE: C6
A wheelchair for one child with disabilities
A full annual scholarship for one high school student
This gift will provide a functional wheelchair to a child coming from a very poor family and who is now living at a home for children with disabilities in Zambia, so that they can be more mobile, integrate better into society and enjoy more opportunities for the future.
It is important to keep children at school so they can have better employment opportunities in the future, and break the cycle of poverty. Your gift will provide full board, tuition and health care for a student in Vietnam coming from a poor rural family, who would otherwise not be able to afford to complete their secondary education.
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These gifts will provide the necessary funds and infrastructure to assist the whole parish community in their pastoral work to those devastated by poverty, injustice, and natural disasters, so that the people can achieve better standards of living, and hope for a much brighter future for both themselves and the generations to come.
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CODE: P1
$29
$80
CODE: P2
Medications and supplies for a whole community
Dressing and bandages for a leprosy patient
Your gift will provide two weeks supply of medication, to combat life-threatening diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, to a local clinic in the Kasanka region, Zambia, which serves a community of over two hundred people.
Healthcare is often still very basic in some parts of the developing world and some diseases which have been eradicated in most western countries are still present. This gift will provide the dressing, bandages and much-needed care for one leprosy patient in the South of India for one whole year.
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CODE: P3
$100
CODE: P4
$154
One parenting class for a young Aboriginal mother
A sewing machine for a young disadvantaged woman
A chance to gain important education, employment readiness skills and to improve their self-confidence is often what some women who live in disadvantaged conditions lack. Your gift will provide accommodation, travel and materials for one young Aboriginal mother to attend a ‘Strong Young Mums’ training program to improve education and parenting skills in outback Australia.
This gift will provide the Marialaya Children’s Home in India with one sewing machine and stool, so that girls rescued from child labour and young women from disadvantaged backgrounds can learn professional skills, crucial for them to gain financial independence and break the cycle of poverty they often fall into due to lack of education.
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Catholic Mission’s Life-Giving Gifts
CODE: P5
$1,258
A water tank for a pastoral outreach CENTRE Clean water is essential for a healthy life and to avoid water-borne diseases. Your gift will provide an urgently needed water tank for a pastoral centre in Papua New Guinea which will supply safe drinking water for its staff, students and the whole community.
$12,000
CODE: P6
Build a new church A community church is a place where the whole community can meet, pray and share their lives, and where everybody is welcome, regardless of race, stigma, religion or gender. This gift will build a new church for recently typhoon-affected communities in the Philippines.
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These gifts will support the training of priests and religious brothers and sisters in their initial years of training or novitiate, so that they can start to reach out to their communities and ensure the physical and spiritual development of their people. In many developing countries these men and women play a crucial role in establishing a network of trust and love, and often represent the only support that marginalised and impoverished communities receive.
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CODE: S1
$36
Agricultural skills FOR SEMINARIANS In many countries around the world, seminaries have limited resources and struggle to provide just the very basic needs of the hard-working seminarians. Your gift will enable the students at the St John’s seminary in Myanmar to grow green beans, spinach, maize, sour leaves and other vegetables in a small patch of land and to help provide nutritious food for the whole seminary for one month.
$59
CODE: S2
Annual tuition fees for one seminarian Often there are many talented young men who feel called to a religious vocation, but who cannot afford their studies towards priesthood because they come from very poor families. Your gift will provide one seminarian in India with vital education and formation by covering the annual cost of lecturers, administration and library access at his local seminary.
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CODE: S3
$96
Fuel for community outreach In very large dioceses, priests, nuns and other church leaders must travel incredibly long distances to reach rural areas to share with the local communities. This gift will enable church leaders in Peru to cover the cost of 100 litres of fuel for their small motorised boats, so they can reach out and give life to remote villages along the Amazon River.
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CODE: S4
$150
Annual religious text books for one seminarian Your gift will provide the required yearly religious text books for one seminarian in Zambia, including a study Bible, daily office prayer book and one liturgical sacrament.
Order Form CODE GIFT*
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C1
One laying hen for an orphanage
C2
Textbooks for two primary school children for one year 2C $17
C3
A nourishing daily meal for 25 children
3C $28
C4
One Braille slate for 20 visually impaired students
4C $58
C5
A wheelchair for one child with disabilities
5C $220
C6
A full annual scholarship for one high school student 6C $435
P1
Medications and supplies for a whole community
1P $29
P2
Dressing and bandages for a leprosy patient
2P $80
P3
One parenting class for a young Aboriginal mother
3P $100
P4
A sewing machine for a young disadvantaged woman 8P $154
P5
A water tank for a pastoral outreach centre
5P $1,258
P6
Build a new church
6P $12,000
S1
Agricultural skills for seminarians
4S $36
S2
Annual tuition fees for one seminarian
1S $59
S3
Fuel for community outreach
2S $96
S4
Annual religious text books for one seminarian
3S $150
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1C $8
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Disclaimer: Items in this catalogue are organised in three categories: children, communities and church leaders. The gifts featured throughout the catalogue are representative of the life-changing projects we fund throughout the world in each category. When you purchase your life-giving gift, your donation will be pooled into a general children, community or church leaders fund and will support a range of similar projects in that category. All gifts are tax deductible.
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