ADVENT ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR
JUSTICE, PEACE, AND INTEGRITY OF CREATION (JPIC)
21ST ANNUAL ADVENT ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR
December 07-08, 2024 - After All Masses
Gathering Space (Immaculate Conception Catholic Church)
If you have any questions, please contact:
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Isabel Kovalik, Assistant to the Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
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Ken Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
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PREVIOUS ADVENT ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIRS
2023 20TH ANNUAL
ADVENT ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR THANKYOU!
On behalf of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church’s Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) ministries, thank you for your support of our “20th Annual Advent Alternative Gift Fair!”
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This year's Advent Alternative Gift Fair theme called us to reflect on Jesus’s “new commandment, that you love (AGAPĒ) one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35). God’s agapē love is the model for the many ways we give as a parish with an intentional, conscious purpose to help those in need through our JPIC ministries. Giving both locally and globally in our Advent Alternative Gift Fair allows us to embody God’s agapē love in our actions for our neighbor as a mark of true discipleship.
We are especially grateful to this year’s organizations, our Advent Alternative Gift Fair staff member and parishioner planning committee, and adult and youth parishioners who nominated organizations and volunteered to help us with this year’s fair. |
2023 Advent Alternative Gift Fair Brochure |
2023 ADVENT ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR
DONATION TOTALS
Our 2023 20th Annual Advent Alternative Gift Fair raised $13,605.50!!!
On behalf of our Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation ministries, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and all the local and global organizations you helped support through generous donations/agapē love, we thank you!
All proceeds will be directly distributed to each organization in January 2024.
On behalf of our Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation ministries, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and all the local and global organizations you helped support through generous donations/agapē love, we thank you!
All proceeds will be directly distributed to each organization in January 2024.
LOCAL SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS (DURHAM)1) Families Moving Forward: $2,160
Provide a stable, safe, and loving environment through shelter and comprehensive wrap-around services to families experiencing homelessness in our Durham community. |
GLOBAL SOLIDARITY AND JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS6) Bull City Fair Trade: $2,402
NET SALES TOTAL (12/02-03) Support the work of talented artisans in dozens of countries by purchasing "fair-trade" goods/products. |
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2) Furniture Project of Durham: $945
Help individuals and families in Durham, referred by local social service agencies, move from homelessness to housing by providing gently used, donated furniture and housewares, free of charge. |
7) La 72 Migrant and Refugee Shelter: $1,347.50
A Franciscan-run migrant and refugee shelter in Tenosique, Mexico providing food, shelter, clothing, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families fleeing abject poverty, hunger, violence due to environmental and political forces. |
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3) Habitat for Humanity of Durham: $865
Help eliminate substandard housing in Durham and help foster thriving communities by supporting efforts to make decent, affordable, and sustainable housing available to all. |
8) Living Laudato Si’ Philippines: $1,930
Support environmental justice in the Philippines by providing environmental education in Catholic schools, helping local financial institutions to invest in sustainability, and aiding with disaster recovery. |
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4) LIFE Skills Foundation: $1,645
Empower transition-age youth in Durham who have aged out of foster care to live stable, self-directed lives by helping them build a support network/safety net for housing, employment, education, health and wellness, financial literacy, and communication. |
9) World Central Kitchen: $1,191
Provide fresh meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. Responding with the urgency of NOW to those suffering and displaced due to war throughout the Holy Land (across all religious, ethnic, and cultural groups in need). |
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5) Virgen de Guadalupe Scholarship Fund: $1,120
Provide financial support for students in great need to attend Immaculata Catholic School, especially those from immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking families. |
2023 ADVENT ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIRSLIDESHOW
2022 19TH ANNUAL
ADVENT ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR THANKYOU!
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On behalf of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), the entire parish, and all our organizations, thank you for your support of Immaculate Conception’s “19th Annual Advent Alternative Gift Fair!” This year’s theme, Prepare the Way of the Lord, reminded us of our Christian calling to align our lives and missions with the will of God and Christ’s teachings. By sharing your faith and commitment to the Gospel’s call to love and justice with a donation to these ministries for your family and friends you embodied the spirit of this season. Thanks to all our volunteers that made this event possible.
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2022 Advent Alternative Gift Fair Brochure |
2022 ADVENT ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR
DONATION TOTALS - A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR!
Your purchases and donations set a JPIC Advent Alternative Gift Fair NEW RECORD, totaling $19,715.68!!!
Your acts of charity and justice helped us make God's love known to all those in need during this Christmas season.
We are truly grateful! All donations were directly distributed to each organization noted below.
Your acts of charity and justice helped us make God's love known to all those in need during this Christmas season.
We are truly grateful! All donations were directly distributed to each organization noted below.
LOCAL SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS (DURHAM)1) El Futuro: $2,183
Mental health services for immigrants. |
GLOBAL SOLIDARITY AND JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS5) Bull City Fair Trade: $2509.68
NET SALES TOTAL (12/03-04) "Fair-trade" goods/products. |
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2) Families Moving Forward: $2,505
Shelter/services for the homeless. |
6) La 72 Migrant and Refugee Shelter: $4,348
Franciscan-run migrant and refugee shelter in Mexico. |
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3) Furniture Project of Durham: $1,795
Furniture support for those transitioning from homelessness to housing. |
7) Serere Eco-Preserve: $3,990
Protecting biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest. |
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4) Urban Ministries of Durham: $2,385
Emergency support services to homeless and hungry people. |
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WINNER OF NAMING THE JAGUAR CONTESTAs part of the Advent Alternative Gift Fair, a girl by the name of Allison Barbara has named the jaguar toy "Tigrecito." Those who are interested in learning more about supporting the Amazon Rainforest's conservation efforts of Rosa Maria Ruiz at Serere Nature Preserve, click here.
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If you have questions regarding our various JPIC ministries, please contact me:
Kennith M. Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - 901-A West Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
(919) 682-3449 Ext. 293 - [email protected]
If you have questions regarding our various JPIC ministries, please contact me:
Kennith M. Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - 901-A West Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
(919) 682-3449 Ext. 293 - [email protected]