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During Lent, the local Catholic communities collect donations for displaced people, those living in poverty in the forests and victims of the ongoing civil war in Myanmar.
“During Lent, envelopes are placed in the churches with these words: You can practise fasting and donate the equivalent of your meal for the poor, for refugees who are struggling to survive,” said Joseph Kung, a lay Catholic from Yangon. “These days the churches are full and there are many people going to church to receive the sacrament of Confession. In returning to God is the hope of our people, even as violence continues in many parts of the country,” he said.
Donations to those in need are an integral part of the believer’s journey at this time. The donations go to Caritas Myanmar, known as ‘Karuna Mission Social Services’, the relief agency of the Burmese Bishops’ Conference. “Karuna uses the money for the poor and marginalised, and also for other solidarity initiatives such as those for the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria,” says Kung. “Karuna is organised in the diocesan offices and works in service to the people,” without distinction of faith, culture or ethnicity. Today, the aid organisation tries “to enable the poor and weak to lead a decent life, concentrating above all on securing their livelihood and distributing essential goods to the displaced”.
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