Sisters of Mount Carmel Timor-Leste Preschool Fund
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Sisters of Mount Carmel)Instructional materials, books, arts and crafts materials, water dispenser, feeding, & Scholarships.
$0
raised by 0 people
$15,000 goal
in 3 months left
OUR STORY
“With zeal I am zealous for the Lord God of hosts”
1 Kings 19:10
Since the opening of our mission in Timor-Leste on July 18, 2013, the Sisters of Mount Carmel have served the people of Timor-Leste in the fields of education, health care, and parish ministries. They have outgrown the one classroom building in Zumalai and, with the help of our sisters in the Philippine Region, 2024, we dedicated the new buildings, Pre Escolar do Monte Carmelo, Convent and a dormitory for high school girls in Zumalai. The school has grown to 56 students with three sisters and two lay faculty.
This year our #iGiveCatholic fundraising will help us provide students and teachers with instructional materials and supplies, water dispensers for the children, monthly birthday celebrations, tuition scholarships, as well as to continue with our daily feeding program for the preschoolers. These children are poor and underprivileged and oftentimes they get their balanced and nutritional meal from the school.
Most of us have experienced having a birthday cake on our birthday. This is not true in Timor-Leste. Each month the school celebrates the birthdays of all the students born that month and gives them the experience of having a birthday cake. Therefore, additionally, we are requesting funds to provide for these monthly celebrations.
During these past ten years your donations and prayers have helped us continue to be “zealous for the Lord God of hosts,” as our Carmelite motto states. We are most appreciative of your prayers and financial assistance in supporting our missionary efforts in Timor-Leste.
Advanced giving for 2025 is from November 17 – December 2, the day of giving.
May Mary, under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, protect you and assist you in all your endeavors.
God bless you for your continued support of the mission of the Sisters of Mount Carmel.
“With zeal I am zealous for the Lord God of hosts”
-1 Kings 19:1
Prayerfully in Mary of Carmel,
Sister Lawrence Habetz, O. Carm.
Development Director