{"id":35169,"date":"2020-04-01T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=35169"},"modified":"2020-04-01T09:45:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:45:13","slug":"syria-a-message-of-love-and-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/04\/01\/syria-a-message-of-love-and-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRIA: A Message of Love and Solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An intrepid nun, who coordinates emergency relief in Syria, has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by sending a message of prayer and solidarity to friends and benefactors of Aid to the Church in Need<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an audio message, Sister Annie Demerjian, a leading Syria project partner of Aid to the Church in Need, tells the charity\u2019s supporters: \u201cdo not panic\u201d and \u201cfollow the instructions about healthcare\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Religious of Jesus and Mary Sister goes on to thank ACN benefactors for their near decade-long help providing food baskets and sanitary items, clothing and medicine for the most vulnerable in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria, pledging to pray for benefactors in this time of emergency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sister Annie says: \u201cIt is very painful what the world is passing through at this time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn this situation of the coronavirus, do not panic about the news. Follow the instructions about healthcare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Describing how she and her Sisters are praying the Rosary every day \u201cfor the world\u201d, she said: \u201cOur faith is not like pressing a magic button and expecting everything to be OK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe pain and suffering is there but we must also not forget the resurrection is there every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drawing on her experiences in Aleppo, northern Syria: \u201cWe need to help those who are most in need. We need to help each other, lift each other\u2019s spirits and things will pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sister Annie, who warns of the impact of the virus on a Syria still reeling from years of conflict, said: \u201cIn Aleppo, our groups of volunteers are continuing, visiting homes where it is safe to do so and taking great care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are helping the old people, especially because so many of them have no other support, and in Damascus our Sisters are helping some old people, buying what they need so they will not have to go out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPeople have nothing to rely on. How will they survive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She goes on to report progress with a supermarket voucher scheme for 260 families, especially for elderly people dependant on them, and a rent-payment scheme for the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sister Annie adds: \u201cTo all our ACN benefactors, we say very sincerely: \u2018Thank you for your enormous generosity. You have helped us for so many years and continue to do so.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMay God continue to bless you and keep you and your families safe and well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35066 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/make-a-donation-300x96.png\" alt=\"Donate\" width=\"195\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/make-a-donation-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/make-a-donation-580x186.png 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/make-a-donation.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An intrepid nun, who coordinates emergency relief in Syria, has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by sending a message of prayer and solidarity to friends and benefactors of Aid to the Church in Need In an audio message, Sister Annie Demerjian, a leading Syria project partner of Aid to the Church in Need, tells the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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