Dacia Cetate parish in Timișoara supported over 100 children at the beginning of the new school yeartranslated

Over 100 children from the Dacia Parish in Timișoara received schoolbags equipped with supplies and other goods needed to start the new school year, as part of a philanthropic action. The initiative is part of the permanent support program of the parish community for children and families in difficulty.

The gifts offered at the beginning of the school year continue a series of actions dedicated to the little ones. At the beginning of the summer vacation, the children received sports equipment, and throughout the year they benefit from other forms of material and educational support.

Father Zaharia Pereș, dean of Timișoara, explained that the number of families in difficulty is increasing and that the Church tries to respond to these needs through constant support: "These parents cannot do it alone and have always turned their hopes to the Church. We send the children to school, but if the poverty at home is great, this burden also falls on them, and the Church always helps them".

For many of the supported families, the help offered by the parish is a necessity. A mother with four children confessed that, a few years ago, her son did not want to go to the first...