CL - Lesson 9 (2nd)

• world vision - started with Dr. Robert “Bob” William Pierce who encountered a child named White Jade
• Dr. Pierce eventually led the founding of the child-focused agency World vision with child sponsorship as its flagship program to respond to the thousands of orphans left by the Korean war
• In 1957, World Vision started its operations by assisting an orphanage in Guimaras, the Good Shepherds fold, supporting 300 children
• the ladybug foundation started with the story of a five-year-old Hannah Taylor, who saw a homeless man eating out of garbage
• ladybug foundation - a charity that helps homeless people find dignity and refuge
• alex lemonade foundation was started by a young girl named, Alex Scott who was diagnosed with cancer just before her first birthday
• sole to soul was started by three sisters (Vienna 13, Hayleigh 13, and Sarah 10) after hearing that a boys school near Nairobi in Kenya was devastated by fire
• caritas manila, also known as “catholic charities” was established by the late archbishop of Manila, Ruffini Cardinal Santos
• caritas manila - it started as a social welfare program for the unfortunate members of the community
• gawad kalinga - is a filipino phrase that means “to give care” or “to award care.” it was founded by Antonio Meloto in 1999 thru the couples for christ (cfc) ministry which built the first gawad kalinga house for a poor family from barangay bagong silang
• Gawad Kalinga launched a campaign called the GK777 that aims to build 700k homes 7k communities for seven years
• gawad kalinga - they envision in 2024 to end poverty for 5 million families by first restoring the dignity of the poor
• the virtue of charity is the summit of christian life
• Charity is the love of God and through charity we share in God’s act of love
• the church proposes one more loving deed, for the sake of keeping the number 7. It is taken from the Book of Tobit, and it is to bury the dead
• The first encyclical letter of a Pope emeritus Benedict XVI on love Deue Caritas est, meaning God is love was published on December 25, 2005l Christmas day. It dealt with Christian love
• Pope emeritus Benedict XVI then wrote another encyclical letter on love on June 29, 2009, the Olemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul. It is entitle Caritas in Veritate, meaning charity in truth
• characteristics of charity:

  • rooted in justice
  • organised, well ordered and not sporadic
  • seeking integral human development
  • oriented towards communion
  • integrated with worship
• Zacchaeus is an amazing example of authentic conversion and personal transformation
• love covers a multitude of sins
• doing charity must be systematic
• genuine charity seeks wholeness
• authentic charity is not individualistic in approach
• selflessness is the act of sacrificing one’s interested for the good of others
• selflessness means we act without thinking how we will profit or be rewarded
• caritas in veritate is discussed particularly the theme of integral human development which cannot be achieved without charity and truth