St Nick donations to Medjugorje area children & orphanage kids

 Thank you to everyone who contributed to The Saint Nicholas Project for children in Medjugorje area with prayers, love, and financial contributions.

$2,500 was raised through your generosity. Hundreds of prayers carried those gifts with love to those who needed it this Christmas season. $2,000 was used to make 270 packets for students up to 11-years-old for Saint Nicholas Day. The packets contained sweets, school and art supplies, and Rosary beads – wonderful gifts for children who may not have otherwise been able to receive such treats. The remaining $500 was given to the local orphanage, Mother’s Village, that is run by Franciscan Nuns and was created during the war by Father Slavko Barbaric. The orphanage is organized in family houses to ensure a family life: there are 7 houses and about 50 children who live at Mother’s Village. Mothersvillage.org

~~ A school official wrote to those who supported this project with this note of thanks:

“St. Nicholas arrived today, December 4th at 2 pm. He had the most beautiful gifts for our students up to 4th grade. It was so much fun... "Many thanks from the heart to MirPeace pilgrims from America, and children from Our Lady of Peace Elementary School Clarks Summit Pennsylvania for today's gifts. Many people helped with this project and those involved know it was all orchestrated by Our Lady’s loving hands. May you be filled with love and gratitude for the gifts we have all received."

Our Lady of Peace School

school FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/Osnovna-%C5%A1kola-Bijakovi%C4%87i-605398809525275/

orphanage website: http://www.mothersvillage.org/index.php...

What a gift it has been to be able to share kindness with the Medjugorje area community that has always shown kindness to pilgrims. The Saint Nicholas Project was started because of the concerns of pilgrims who had visited the villages of Medjugorje in the past. This place of prayer is where The Virgin Mary has been appearing to 6 local visionaries for almost 40 years, & has dedicated itself to the care of religious pilgrims from all over the world; when the pandemic didn’t allow for pilgrims this year, the village took a terrible blow financially. The region depends on tourism and hospitality for economic strength and this has been a very, very difficult time for almost every family in Medjugorje.

The pilgrims who had been to this oasis of peace were moved to provide some gifts for the children of Medjugorje, and to remind the people of Medjugorje that they are loved and prayed for daily by their friends near and far, just as their families pray for all of us in the world every single day. Donations also given via a lovely idea started by Joseph and Brenda on gofundme "the Saint Nicholas Project for Medjugorje".

Saint Nicholas Day was chosen as the day of celebration: local custom traditionally keeps Christmas as a more religious observation & tradition, & honors Saint Nicholas Day as the day of gift giving. Kindness matters.

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