Merry Christmas 2022

On December 26, Caritas Dalat Social Committee organized a Christmas program for Trong Duc Nam Charity Facility. Trong Duc is a place to nurture disabled people, homeless people and mentally ill people, and is a very familiar place for philanthropists and volunteers throughout the country.

The Merry Christmas program began with a mass at the facility with the concelebration of Father Director of Caritas Dalat and Father Giorgio in charge of Caritas Duc Trong district. In the joyful atmosphere of Christmas, the sick brothers attended Mass in an orderly and bright manner. Father Giorgio emphasized in his sermon: "Jesus' family was rejected by society because of poverty and He was born in poverty and simplicity in a cave because he could not find a place to stay. Today, people are also rejecting each other because of material values, rejecting each other because of the burden of disease, sickness and poverty.They are marginalized and face difficulties in life. In addition, Father has admiration and praise for those who are generous and charitable and are willing to sacrifice time, money and effort to serve the mentally ill at the facility. Our actions towards the sick will certainly be very beautiful before God."

After the mass, the patients participated in Vietnamese folk games such as tug of war, balloon passing and sack jumping. This is not the first time you have participated in a sports festival, but the attraction of the games remains unchanged. The playing teams appeared very excited and tireless throughout the games. Many patients did not directly play but were enthusiastic and loyal fans who cheered for the teams until the end of the games. Similarly, many other patients really wanted to participate but expressed regret for health reasons.The teams seemed excited to receive prizes after completing the games. Although the prizes were simple with lollipops, cake packages... but they brought joy and Christmas atmosphere to the patients. They shared each candy and wrapped cake to express their joy.

Closing the morning program, the entire facility had a decent lunch with fruit and a bag of milk as a Christmas gift donated by the organizers and benefactors. Wishing the Trong Duc brothers a peaceful, meaningful Christmas and good health to return to their families and lives soon.

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