His Holiness passed away Sunday morning.  May he rest in peace and His memory be eternal.

The Northwest Indiana regional memorial service for Patriarch Pavle will be held tomorrow Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at St. George, 905 Joliet Road in Schererville.  Father Marko is encouraging all parishioners to attend this memorial service.

Special Thanks to Mara Cucuz from Florida for sending us the link to this video.

Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago is part of Northwestern Memorial Hospitals. Construction of the new Prentice Hospital was completed in October 2007. The brand new facility was provided with the latest technology and equipment. As a result of their generosity, Prentice donated 373 pieces of much needed medical supplies and clinical equipment to six hospitals in Serbia. The estimated value of these goods is $1.5 million. This monumental task was arranged by Lifeline Humanitarian Organization, founded by Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia.

St. Sava in Milwaukee and Lifeline will be assisting in transporting donated computers worth $10,000 (specially configured for the blind) for the Brkic triplets in Serbia. You can view the Brkic triplets singing in our Videos section. Lifeline raises funds for the transporting of food and goods to aid people in Serbia.

If you would like to receive the Lifeline Newsletter by email, please contact them at Lifelinel@pkfond.org

San Francisco based Global Fund for Women has worked in partnership with women who are struggling to rebuild their lives in Serbia after recent conflicts. This nonprofit grant-making foundation raises funds for women-led organizations that promote economic independence, health, safety, education, and leadership of women and girls. Understanding the social, political, and economic conditions in which these women live is a critical component of their mission.

In 2006 alone, over $170,000 was donated to the following organizations:

Autonomous Women's Center-Belgrade $16,000, Centar Za Devojke - Nis $30,000, Reconstruction Women's Fund - Belgrade $50,000, Women in Action - Velika Plana $10,000, Women's Center for Democracy and Human Rights - Subotica $5,200, and $34,000 to various Novi Sad and Belgrade organizations. Also receiving contributions in Montenegro were: Montenegrin Women's Lobby - Podgorica $20,000 and Women's Safe House - Podgorica $5,000. You can help by supporting this fund; every contributing donor, regardless of amount, is listed on their website in their Annual Report. Among those on the Board of Directors is Laurene Jobs (the wife of Steve Jobs from Apple Computers).

The 2007 Annual Report listed the following contributions:

Belgrade Women's Studies and Gender Research Center - Belgrade $40,000, BIBIJA Roma Women's Center - Belgrade $20,000, Glas Razlike - Belgrade $7,150, Impuls - Tutin $8,000, Iz Kruga - Belgrade $20,000, Pescanik - Krusevac $6,000, Reconstruction Fund - Belgrade $65,5000, Roma Women's Group Strong Women - Kragujevac $10,000, SOS Vlasotince - Vlasotince, $8,000, Women's Studies and Research - Novi Sad $17,000, ZAR Kikinda (Women's Alternative Workshop) - Kikinda $18,000, totaling $219,650.

Eleven families, including 38 children, have been living at the Grocka Refugee Camp in Belgrade for up to ten years with no way out. The recent shipment of blankets, clothing, essentials, and toys arrived directly to the hands of these very appreciative families, as you can see below. Through the efforts of HRH Princess Katherine's LIFELINE Charity, the need for emergency medical and humanitarian aid has been brought to the attention of many, and should be addressed because our people are suffering the aftermaths of war. We would like to share with you the LIFELINE NEWSLETTER. Please read it and understand that all our help is needed to relieve the suffering in our homeland.

Many Thanks to these contributors for their donated goods: Duneland Resale, Barbara Skala, Xenia Jancarich, Kathy Friedlander, Radmila Milivojevich, Stanja Djinovic, Beba Rudman, Violet Sekulich, Donna Simpson, Deena Galich, Kathleen Baroevich, Gordana Gerbick, Dorothy Paunovich, Sonja Mancich, Manda Andrejich Ellesin, Donna Nickolich, Millicent Orlich, Ljubica Rokosz, Melanie Sever, Djuka Balac, Ruth Ann Bjelopetrovich, and Michelle Langerfeld.

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