CARITAS MJD

Diocese Social Mission Priority 

1. To create awareness of the roles everyone plays in Integral Human Development,

2. To encourage and make room for everyone to get involved.

Enabling and catalytic role of Caritas MJD

Caritas MJDOHD thus acts as an enabler & catalyst to the Catholic community as a group and as individuals to be animators and be co-responsible in living the faith. 

Key Activities of Caritas MJD

1. Development - Training and Formation 

2. Awareness and Campaigns

3. Consultancy -Providing know-how support to standardize operating culture and systems, as well as introducing best practices.

4. Research and Programme Development

Existing efforts supporting single mothers, homes for disadvantaged children, urban and rural poor, orang asli, homeless, destitute, migrants, refugees, vocational education, prisoners and ecology, just to name a few, will continue as before with the added support of Caritas MJD to achieve more, while developing new areas of charity as explored and championed by individuals or new communities of special interest. 

Caritas MJD will provide the following support services to church organisation involved in works of charity and mission.

• Capacity Building - Infrastructure & Formation

• Coaching - Formation

• Coordination / Cooperation

• Collaboration

• Networking

• Fund Raising

Change of Mindset 

It requires the clergy, religious and lay leaders to give leadership to the communities and animate their potential and dreams. The People must become co-responsible, not dependent. They must participate in envisioning and working for their future.

The Community, especially through the BECs must recognise and embrace its core role as the face of Church in the world, reaching out to show God's love to all.

How can this be achieved? 

1. From the pulpit - Build up awareness of the two spheres of holiness, our personal relationship with God (our spirituality) and our relationship with the creation of God as a group and as individuals.

2. Build a culture of service to others.

3. Provide platforms where laity with different interests can participate actively.

4. Develop systems to build up the capacity of individuals and the community to contribute effectively.

Animate Catholic communities and all people of goodwill in solidarity with the suffering of their brothers and sisters around the world and promotes integral human development so that people in the worst off and most disadvantaged communities are free to flourish and live in peace and dignity. We work to ensure that our natural environment is managed responsibly and sustainably in the interests of the entire human family.

Summary of Caritas MJD roles and responsibility

• To coordinate socio-pastoral activities in the dioceses 

• To develop diocesan plans based on parish needs 

• To develop capacity-building action plans for the parish 

• To report and give technical advice to the bishop 

• To facilitate/disseminate development programmes and advise the parish office 

• To carry out monitoring and evaluation of their activities and those of the parishes

• To mobilise resources 

• To be accountable to all relevant stakeholders 

• To facilitate and participate in sharing/networking at all levels 

Caritas to Parish 

Parish can expect:

• To receive guidance and support from the diocesan and national Caritas to meet the needs of those they serve

• To have clear terms of reference and authority service 

• To receive various development training sessions 

• To develop self-supportive mechanisms in providing pastoral and social development work 

• To access diocesan financial and material resources 

• To have information on resource use and Caritas activities 

• To base work on integral human development 

• To be listened to and respected 

Parish Responsibility - Expected to: 

• To carry out local needs assessment 

• To develop strategic plans and animate local communities 

• To deliver services to the community 

• To fundraise locally and be accountable to all partners 

• To network with other relevant organisations 

• To carry out campaigns and advocacy within the parish in collaboration with other governmental and non-governmental organisations 

• To implement programmes based on community needs 

• To be open to evaluation 

• To mobilise local resources enhancing sustainability of projects 

• To liaise and communicate with the diocesan office and other actors