[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]St. Merkorious Charity treasures the community we have fostered with St. Joseph Church and prepared a Christmas Lunch for their elderly group. St. Joseph Church prepared food for the lunch alongside the offerings made by our volunteers. The lunch was a great success, and we hope the service will help connect the elderly community more and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We were honoured to be part of the Burwood Mayoral Christmas Appeal at Burwood Woodstock Centre. Guests were invited to contribute non-perishable hampers for St. Merkorious Charity and St. Paul’s Anglican Church Burwood to distributed to local families in need this Christmas. We thank the St. Merkorious Charity committee members and all the attendees who donated...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On December the 13th, 2019, 20 students with special needs from Waranara School kindly volunteered to prepare Christmas Hampers with St. Merkorious Charity. Coming along with some of their teachers, all of the students and St. Merkorious volunteers had a wonderful time preparing Christmas hampers at Croydon Hall. They also generously donated some items. Thank you for your...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] St. Merkorious Charity organised a Christmas Concert at St. Merkorious Church at Rhodes, organised on two consecutive Mondays for Monday Night Service. Volunteers from Paynter Dixon helped on one of the nights, and many wonderful youths volunteered the following week to make our Christmas Concert joyous, friendly and celebratory for every single person who participated. The Christmas...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] St. Merkorious Charity was given the opportunity to join the Christmas gift wrapping stall at Burwood Westfield Shopping Centre. We thank Burwood Westfield and our volunteers for helping us man our stall. We successfully raised $400 for our cause throughout the week![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="26px"][edgtf_button size="" type="" target="_self" icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" font_weight="600" text="More Events" link="https://stmerkorious.org.au/events/" color="#ffffff" hover_color="#ffffff" background_color="#ffb422" border_color="#ffb422" font_size="15"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] St. Merkorious Charity hosted our second Hot Meal and Fellowship in Burwood Park. We were proud to be able to feed a hot, nutritious meal to approximately 50 homeless and disadvantaged guests on that day. We sincerely thank our special guests John Faker, Mayor of Burwood, Tracey and Michelle representing Burwood RSL Club, and members from Burwood...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On the 20th of November, 2019, the Diocese of Parramatta hosted a lunch for 200 marginalised people across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains in the spirit of friendship, compassion and community. St. Merkorious Charity alongside our wonderful sponsors the PAYCE Foundation and PAYNTER DIXON was proud to involve ourselves in this event, helping to prepare,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In response to Pope Francis 'World Day of the Poor', we celebrated on the forecourt of St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney CBD for the Sydney Street Feast. Hosted by the Justice and Peace Office of the Archdiocese of Sydney and the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, we were able to contribute our food and hampers to the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] St. Merkorious Charity hosted our inaugural Gala Dinner on 30 August 2019 at Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf. The event was filled with sponsors, dignitaries, supporters and friends who came along to show their support. A special mention must be made to our Major Sponsors; PAYCE FOUNDATION, PAYNTER DIXON AND DASCO AUSTRALIA for their ongoing generosity. Our Gold,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="22549" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] St Merkorious Charity Centre Strathfield South was officially opened by The Hon. Raymond Craig Williams, M.P. NSW Minister for Multiculturalism and Minister for Disability Services on Monday, August 7th 2017. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text]A special thank you to all who donated food, dessert and event services, including Dessert Hub, Encore Event Services, I Love Sushi,...
