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These children and their families are active members of St. George Melkite Catholic Parish in Zababdeh. They attend weekly Divine Liturgy and Eastern Christian Formation (Sunday school). In addition, they attend parish social activities. These “Living Stones” love their church and they are the future of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land.

St. George Melkite Catholic Church in Zababdeh has an ”Adopt a Child” program because many of the children of this parish need support. The support for these children can be:

• Prayers
• Letters
• Telephone calls
• Food
• Clothing
• Medical care
• School fees for the Latin Patriarchate School
• School supplies for the Latin Patriarchate School
• Home-schooling materials including textbooks and supplies for children attending the Government School
• School fees for the Government School
• School supplies for the Government School

We encourage everyone to participate in this program. We especially encourage people with time to participate. In this program, everyone can be an active donor.

• Everyone can pray.
• Everyone with Internet access can send a letter to a child by e-mail via Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab.

The donor decides:

• Type of support:
• Prayers, letters, telephone calls, food, clothing, medical care, school fees, school supplies, packages, money, etc .
• Amount of support:
• No minimum requirement
• No monthly requirement
• Frequency of the support:
• One time, annually, semi-annually, quarterly, monthly, or continuous
• Whom / What to support: a family or a fund:
• One family
• One fund
• Receipts
• From the Latin Patriarchate School for school fees
• For other financial expenses
• If want contact with the child, type of contact can have with the child:
• Digital camera photographs
• Letters and drawings
• Telephone calls

Please contact the following people for information and donation instructions.

• Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab, cure_zab@yahoo.com
• Abouna James Babcock, Pastor
  • Holy Cross Melkite-Greek Catholic Parish
  • 451 W. Madison Ave.
  • Placentia, CA 92870
  • Phone 1-714-985-1710
  • Fax 1-714-985-1765
  • Web Site Holy Cross Melkite-Greek Catholic Parish
  • Donation Instructions for St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church via Holy Cross Melkite Greek Catholic Church
• Martha Liles, mliles@mliles.com
• Donation Instructions to pay the tuition and fees for the children of St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church to attend the Latin Patriarchate School in Zababdeh via the Latin Patriarchy in Jerusalem
• PayPal