Damascus Family to Family Sponsorship

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Archdiocese of Damascus have shared a partnership of faith and solidarity.  One of the goals of this partnership is to share resources in a spirit of generosity, stewardship and thanksgiving.  During the 2023 partnership meeting, it was discerned that a mutual concern for families in Damascus was a priority to focus on.  Families in Damascus have been greatly harmed by the ongoing civil war making it increasingly hard for them to sustain themselves and remain together in Syria.  The Archdiocese of Damascus offers basic financial support to families in need on a monthly basis.  This need extends far beyond the existing resources of the Church in Damascus.  It was mutually decided that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis would join with Damascus to extend and expand this basic support to families through a family to family sponsorship.

Family to Family Sponsorship
The goal of the Family-to-Family Sponsorship Program is to make it possible for families in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to sponsor a particular family in need in the Archdiocese of Damascus with a monthly donation of support that will provide for the basic needs of families to sustain them:  medicines, household needs, food, assisting elderly.