{"id":73778,"date":"2025-09-29T13:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/?p=73778"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:48:54","slug":"caritas-rossano-a-laboratory-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-life\/caritas-rossano-a-laboratory-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Caritas Rossano: a laboratory of hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best of you! <\/strong><\/h2>\n

These words conclude one of the most famous poems of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, words that have inspired the work carried out by the Diocesan Caritas of Rossano Cariati<\/u><\/strong> for several years, in various fields and according to various methods.<\/p>\n

This was one of the first spaces of apostolate offered for us, Missionary sisters of the Immaculate, when we first arrived in Rossano, about six years ago. We started almost for fun by giving Italian lessons to foreigners; however, those couple of hours a week of Italian lessons, served to launch us into an adventure that today has become a range of offers and proposals.<\/p>\n

Saying Caritas in Rossano, can mean \u201cDaily Lunch<\/strong>\u201d: a hot meal is served daily for those who have no other possibility of guaranteeing themselves a meal or for migrants who, returning in the afternoon, after hard work in the greenhouses or in the fields, sit at the dining hall for a meal in company.<\/p>\n

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Saying Caritas in Rossano can mean \u201cCounselling Center<\/strong>\u201d for all the people who turn to the House of Hope for food, clothes, bills to pay, trips to undertake, work to find and sometimes to offer.<\/p>\n

Saying Caritas can mean \u201cFood Emporium<\/strong>\u201d for every family unit that, unable to make ends meet, relies on a monthly basket of food to get through the month.<\/p>\n

Sometimes Caritas can also mean \u201cShower Service<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cLaundry Service\u201d for those who do not have a home or cannot pay a bill and use the Caritas spaces and equipment to \u201cgive themselves a makeover\u201d.<\/p>\n

Saying Caritas in Rossano can mean \u201cMaranatha Center<\/strong>\u201d for those who occasionally slim down their wardrobe and donate the superfluous and for those who need to renew their clothing and look for free clothes, shoes, bags or anything else they need for the seasonal clothing of adults or children.<\/p>\n

Saying Caritas in Rossano can mean \u201cMedical clinic<\/strong>\u201d for those who, in their free time, make their skills available to those who cannot afford a medical visit or need a prescription to buy an expensive medicine.<\/p>\n

Saying Caritas can also mean audience, consultancy, volunteering, planning, training, visits, collections, purchases, donations\u2026 dreams, creativity, possibilities\u2026 in a word: \u201cHouse of Hope\u201d<\/strong>! Yes, because, to offer all these services there is a need to \u201cfeel at home\u201d and to \u201cmake others feel at home\u201d; and there is a need for concrete gestures of hope to be credible.<\/p>\n

It is said that the word hope contains the word foot (\u201cspes\u201d \u2013 p\u00e9) an invitation to let hope walk on our legs, intertwine with our hands, take possession of our words, and use our smile, our ears<\/strong>. Hope requires the best from each of us.<\/p>\n\n\t\t