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VMY
CROATIA
Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul – Rijeka, Croatia
The Congregation of the Mission - Croatia
VMY Slovenia
ITS BEGINNING CLOSELY LINKED WITH:
VMY SLOVENIA
MISSIONARIES
TO CROATIA
Petra Hribar
Andrej Mehle
Karmen Kunc
Sara Oblak
26 November 2011
We want to become Lords hands for others.
2012
Date of foundation: 26 November 2011
Location: Croatia – Rijeka, Pula
Members: 34
Regular meetings of the community: twice a month
Volunteering: once or twice a week
1) those who work with children and youth
Three groups in our community
2) those who volunteer and help the poor
3) Those who participate in different creative workshops (we produce rosaries, greeting cards, cookies etc.) using the products for self-financing
1) We animate different workshops and meetings for our juniors (elementary school kids)
Our specific activities
2) We volunteer at the Home for the mentally ill adults
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We volunteer at the shelter for the homeless led by the Sisters of Charity in Rijeka
We volunteer in the families with six or more children
We organize projects in which we raise money for those in need and also collect food, clothes etc. for the poor
We participate in different creative workshops (we sell the hand made articles)
Missionary experience in Bulgaria
Twice a year we all gather on a weekend spiritual
retreat
when you work together, even the toughest job passes quickly and we have fun in it
Through this year in VMY we have learned:
Working with the elderly, the young, and learning about homelessness has opened our eyes towards a new way of thinking about human life and people in need.
VMY is a fruitful path that allows us to come to know God and to know the Virgin Mary.