{"id":356,"date":"2016-02-10T09:43:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T09:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combonimission.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2016-02-10T09:43:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T09:43:52","slug":"philippines-cardinal-tagle-calls-for-10-pesos-a-day-to-save-25000-children-from-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/02\/10\/philippines-cardinal-tagle-calls-for-10-pesos-a-day-to-save-25000-children-from-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: Cardinal Tagle Calls for 10 Pesos a Day to Save 25,000 Children from Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his pastoral letter for Ash Wednesday, the archbishop calls on the faithful to revive the <\/em>Pondo ng Pinoy programme \u2013 a movement started by the Archdiocese of Manila, which advocates a lifestyle of giving and caring for the poor and disadvantaged, in the name of Jesus. Helping to feed children is a concrete act of charity during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.<\/em><\/p>\n

In his pastoral letter for Ash Wednesday, which falls on this day, the Archbishop of Manila, Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, calls on Catholics to support a Church-based feeding programme for the country\u2019s malnourished children. The target for this year is 25,000 children.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt only takes 1,200 Philippine pesos, or ten pesos a day, to return a hungry and malnourished child to a healthy state within six months,\u201d<\/em> the Archbishop wrote.<\/p>\n

As Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent, this is a special occasion to \u201cheed Pope Francis\u2019 call to practice mercy through concrete acts of charity,\u201d<\/em> Cardinal Tagle adds.<\/p>\n

During this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Catholics are especially called on to do good works, fast, and pray. Feeding hungry children is a concrete act of charity in this endeavour.<\/p>\n

Cardinal Tagle\u2019s appeal is part of Pondo ng Pinoy<\/em> (Funds for Filipinos), a broader charity programme launched in 2004 by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, then Archbishop of Manila, to give Filipinos an opportunity to help others with any amount they can spare, however small.<\/p>\n

In 2012-13, the programme raised 15.8 million Philippine pesos (US$ 330,000). The programme provides not only nutrition, but also early childhood education, clothing, and livelihood and skills training for parents.<\/p>\n

Last year, donations provided more than 21,000 malnourished and undernourished children in the Pondo ng Pinoy<\/em> member dioceses with warm and nutritious meals every day for six months. This year, the Cardinal wants to extend the programme to feed 25,000 children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In his pastoral letter for Ash Wednesday, the archbishop calls on the faithful to revive the Pondo ng Pinoy programme \u2013 a movement started by the Archdiocese of Manila, which advocates a lifestyle of giving and caring for the poor and disadvantaged, in the name of Jesus. Helping to feed children is a concrete act […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}