2015 christmas gift catalogue

Find what you are looking for:

Give a gift wrapped in love

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How to give a gift

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Tax-Deductible Gifts

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NON-Tax-Deductible Gifts

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Our gift cards

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Order form

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Catholic Mission’s Life-Giving Gifts

Give a gift wrapped in love!

Welcome to Catholic Mission’s ‘Life-Giving Gifts’, the catalogue for people who are passionate about making a difference globally.

Here you can find a selection of gifts that will truly have a lasting impact for those in desperate need around the world.

HOW DO GIFTS WORK?

When you purchase a Life-Giving Gift, you can choose from two categories: tax-deductible and non-tax-deductible gifts. Tax-deductible gifts go towards child-focused community-based development projects, such as water, sanitation, agriculture, job creation, social enterprise, microfinance, and emergency relief programs. Non-tax-deductible gifts go towards faithbased and welfare projects, such as the running of orphanages and feeding programs; training of novices, seminarians and catechists; building or renovating churches; constructing and maintaining schools; school fees and children’s catechism.

WHO IS CATHOLIC MISSION? Catholic Mission is the international mission agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. We reach out, give life and call all people in the world to faith, justice and love.

We operate in over 160 countries around the world and support initiatives in 1100 dioceses, including remote Australia.

You will receive a beautifully designed printed card portraying the photo of the gift you have purchased, plus some information about what your gift represents. The card will be posted to you and you will be able to write your own personal message on it before giving it to your loved one. Please allow seven business days to receive your cards. Alternatively you can choose to order your gifts online and send your loved one an e-card either immediately or on a designated date.

HOW DOES MY GIFT CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNDED PROJECTS?

The gifts featured throughout the catalogue are representative of the life-changing projects we support throughout the world in each category: tax-deductible and non-tax-deductible. When you purchase your Life-Giving Gift, your donation will fund a range of similar projects in the category you have chosen.

You can also order online at

catholicmission.org.au/gifts

catholicmission.org.au

Call our Donor Service Team toll free on

OR 1800 257 296

Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned that this document may contain images of deceased people.

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How to give a gift TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AREAS OF WORK

from our selection of Life-Giving Gifts which are organised into two categories: tax-deductible and non-tax-deductible gifts.

CHOOSE THE GIFTS YOU LOVE and be assured that any of these gifts will have a real impact in the life of someone in great need.

ORDER YOUR CARDS using the tax-deductible and/or the non-tax-deductible gift order forms at the back of this catalogue. Please fill in the gift section, together with your personal and payment details, moisten the glue in the dedicated areas, seal and return to us. Our address is already indicated at the back of the form, and you will not need a stamp or an envelope. You can also order online at catholicmission.org.au/gifts, call us toll free on 1800 257 296 or fax your order form to us at 02 8904 0185.

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PERSONALISE AND SEND A CARD for the gifts you

purchase. The cards will be sent directly to your postal address, so you can personalise them with a message before forwarding them onto your loved one. Each card will include information about the project your gift represents. You can view our beautifully designed gift cards on page 14 of this catalogue.

YOUR DONATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO MANY

This very special gift will be wrapped in love for those who receive it, while having a life-changing impact on the beneficiaries of the project the gift supports.

Catholic Mission’s

Tax-deductible

Gifts

These gifts will go towards child-focused community-based development projects, such as water, sanitation, agriculture, job creation, social enterprise, microfinance, and emergency relief programs.

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One laying hen for a family

Back-to-school kit

Your gift of a hen for a family in need provides a lasting source of nutritious food and income, so they can be healthy and self-reliant.

Your gift provides one primary school child, who has lost everything when fleeing from conflict, with a back-to-school kit. The kit helps the child return to school and includes one school bag, text books, copy books, pens and stationery.

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$20

Medications and supplies for a whole community Your gift provides two weeks’ supply of medications to local clinics in remote areas, helping hundreds of people to combat life-threatening diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis.

$29

One pig for a family living in poverty Your gift of a pig helps a family in need to have a lasting source of income, which can improve their wellbeing and change their lives for the better.

$40

A bicycle to go to school Your gift provides a push-bike for one child living in a rural area.

Push-bikes are essential for some children to travel to school every day and receive the education they need for a positive future.

$53

Dressings and bandages for a patient with leprosy Your gift provides a year’s supply of dressings, bandages and much-needed care for one patient with leprosy, living in an area of the world where this disease is still widespread.

$80 Catholic Mission’s Life-Giving Gifts

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One goat for the livelihood of a disadvantaged family

One parenting class for a young Indigenous mother

A sewing machine to train Disadvantaged young womEn

Your gift provides the means for a disadvantaged family to raise and breed livestock for their livelihood.

Goats provide milk which keeps the entire family healthy. Their products can also be sold to generate income for the family to become self-reliant.

Your gift provides accommodation, travel and materials for one young Indigenous mother to attend training programs. These programs are helping mothers improve their education and parenting skills, benefiting the lives of their children.

Your gift provides one sewing machine and a stool, so that girls rescued from child labour, as well as young women from disadvantaged backgrounds, can learn professional skills and gain financial independence.

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$100

$154

A Wheelchair for A Child with disabilities Your gift provides a functional wheelchair for a child with disabilities from an impoverished family. A wheelchair will help the child to be more mobile, integrate better into society and enjoy more opportunities for the future.

$220

Clean water for a schooL Your gift covers the costs of installing a water pump, so that children can access clean water and proper sanitation at school, and prevent potentially deadly diseases such as diarrhoea.

$824

Construction of a multifunctional community centre Your gift covers the costs of constructing a multifunctional community centre, used to hold vocational training classes for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, and for villagers to gather and participate in community education courses.

$22,654 Catholic Mission’s Life-Giving Gifts

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Catholic Mission’s

Non-tax-deductible

Gifts

These gifts will go towards faith-based and welfare projects, such as the running of orphanages and feeding programs; training of novices, seminarians and catechists; building or renovating churches; constructing and maintaining schools; school fees and children’s catechism.

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Rosaries for children Your gift provides rosaries for six children who live in an orphanage. They use these blessed beads in their nightly prayers before going to bed.

Praying the rosary encourages unity between the children and is a symbol of faith and hope for a better future.

$12

A nourishing daily meal for 25 children Your gift provides 25 children— who have lived most of their short lives facing extreme poverty, malnourishment and homelessness—with a nourishing daily meal, so they can regain and maintain good health.

$28

Agricultural skills Training for seminarians Your gift enables young seminarians to cultivate their small patch of land with green beans, spinach, maize, sour leaves and other vegetables, helping to sustain the seminary for one month.

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Living expenses for a child in an orphanage

Catechism classes for children

Your gift covers the cost of caring for one child in an orphanage for one month. This includes accommodation, food, medicines, proper sanitation and education.

Your gift will give a child the opportunity to have a hope-filled future.

Your gift enables ten children from remote communities to receive catechesis for their First Holy Communion. This important sacrament will help them grow in their religious life and strengthen their faith in God.

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Summer camp for one child Your gift enables one child from a disadvantaged background to participate in a ten-day summer camp. Summer camps give children the opportunity to play and pray with each other, and to create a support network which will help them strengthen their confidence and social skills.

$120

A second-hand Computer for a seminary

Fuel for priests/nuns to serve Remote communities

building of a new church

Your gift pays for a second-hand computer for one seminary, enabling seminarians to access the internet and use an international online library. Thanks to this, seminarians living in remote areas can access e-books, journals and educational resources in Theology and Biblical Studies.

Your gift covers the road travel costs of 15 nuns and priests for one year, so they can reach out to remote church communities and train local leaders. With the help of these local leaders, they conduct church activities such as Mass, administration of sacraments and pastoral care.

Your gift builds a new church in a remote area of the world. A church is a place where the community can come together, pray, share their life and faith, and often build a network of support that is beneficial to the growth of the community as a whole.

$160

$255

$13,340 Catholic Mission’s Life-Giving Gifts

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Our Gift Cards

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Inside Card

Outside Cover

Inside Card

Please tear at perforation, moisten glue, fold and seal to create your return envelope.

Inside Card

Outside Cover

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Outside Cover

Please tear at perforation, moisten glue, fold and seal to create your return envelope.

Tax-deductible Gifts

Non-Tax-deductible Gifts

CODE GIFT*

PRICE

LH1

One laying hen for a family

$9

SK1

Back-to-school kit

$20

MS1 Medications and supplies for a whole community

$29

PF1

One pig for a family living in poverty

$40

BS1

A bicycle to go to school

$53

DB1 Dressings and bandages for a patient with leprosy

QTY $ TOTAL

PRICE

RS1

$12

Rosaries for children

NM1 A nourishing daily meal for 25 children

$28

AS1

Agricultural skills training for seminarians

$36

EO1

Living expenses for a child in an orphanage

$48

CC1

Catechism classes for children

$60

Summer camp for one child

$120

$80

GL1

One goat for the livelihood of a disadvantaged family

$82

PC1

One parenting class for a young Indigenous mother

$100

SC1

SM1 A sewing machine to train disadvantaged young women

$154

CH1 A second-hand computer for a seminary

$160

WC1 A wheelchair for a child with disabilities

$220

FC1

Fuel for priests/nuns to serve remote communities

$255

CW1 Clean water for a school

$824

MC1 Construction of a multifunctional community centre

$22,654

BC1

Building of a new church

$13,340

Further donation to the work of Catholic Mission

Further donation to the work of Catholic Mission

TOTAL AMOUNT (TAX-DEDUCTIBLE)

TOTAL AMOUNT (NON-TAX-DEDUCTIBLE)

GRAND TOTAL (TAX-DEDUCTIBLE+NON-TAX DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNTS) *These gifts will go towards child-focused community-based development projects, such as water, sanitation, agriculture, job creation, social enterprise, microfinance, and emergency relief programs.

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CODE GIFT†

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$ TOTAL

SUPPORTER No (if applicable)

FIRST NAME

LAST NAME

DATE OF BIRTH

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ADDRESS

SUBURB

STATE

MOBILE PHONE

HOME PHONE

POSTCODE

EMAIL

My payment details: Cheque/Money order (payable to Catholic Mission) OR Please debit my/our:▲ Mastercard Visa AMEX

TOTAL $ †These gifts will go towards faith-based and welfare projects, such as the

running of orphanages and feeding programs; training of novices, seminarians and catechists; building or renovating churches; constructing and maintaining schools; school fees and children’s catechism.

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