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Restoring School for all to share...Read More
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The Mother's Village... St Joseph's Hall
Building a New Community Centre for all to share...
“The Mother's Village” is an institution for both preschool education and the upbringing and social care for children and youth. It belongs to the Community of the Herzegovinian Franciscans of the Province of the “Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary” in Mostar, BiH. It was founded in 1993, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Official Opening of Kindergarten
St Joseph & the Helpers charity is pleased to announce that Cardinal Vinko Puljic, Bosnia Herzegovina’s only Cardinal, officially opened the Kindergarten at Kiseljak on the 16th October 2007.
His Eminence dedicated the school to the benefactors of the charity as a way of thanking them for being the first to offer help to a region which was ignored by the rest of the world after the Yugoslav war.
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The Grandparents Home and Orphanage in Vionica, Medjugorje
This beautiful development within a few kilometres of Medjugorje is now fully operational and in September 2007 Bishop Brendan Comiskey from Ireland celebrated Holy Mass in the ground floor Chapel with fellow Irish pilgrims, staff and residents. This was a very joyful occasion and heart warming for everyone attending.
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| Orphanage at Novi Travnik, Bosnia
The Orphanage at Novi Travnik was established by Sr Kornelije and her fellow Sisters of charity of the Most Holy Wounds of Jesus. They already have John Paul II No 1 orphanage at Citluk and John Paul II No 2 at Vionica (beside the Grandparents Home). The new orphanage is called John Paul II No 3. Sr Kornelije's brother, Fr Kornelije, helps with the work and planning too. The charity raised €140,000 for this development.
The building is now complete and will very shortly open as an Orphanage/Kindergarten School for some 20 children, 5 carers, 2 teachers and 2 assistants. |
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| Story OF LUCIJA BEHAR
Lucija’s parents, Slaven & Marijeta are both 33 years old and her older sister Ana is aged 7. Lucija was born in January 2001 as a premature baby. Some body functions were severely damaged. Ever since the early days all the family were intensively included in a programme of exercising her muscles to get her to her feet, and up to recently they have been given hope that she might walk on her own. However, the latest tests show that there is little hope of that happening as she is suffering from cerebral paralyses.
She also has problems with her eyes and had surgery for this in both Vienna and Zagreb. The medics are trying a new therapy with Botox injections to relax her muscles, but to date no major improvement has been shown. With no Government Aid for special needs children, her parents were desperate for a wheel chair or buggy to ease the burden of carrying their disabled daughter everywhere. St Joseph & The Helpers Charity were very happy to provide Lucija with a new buggy, which also enables her to spend time with other people, especially children. It is heartbreaking to see her jumping up and down in the buggy and clapping her hands since this is the most she can do, because she still does not realise that she cannot run or play with them.
The new buggy is a great asset to Lucijia and please God it will assist her to have a more comfortable life with her sister Ana and friends.
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