The Archdiocese of Guada-lajara, Mexico, has joined the Je-wish community to provide 40,000 Christmas dinners for the poor this Dec. 25 in an initiative called “10,000 Christmases in one.”
The event, which is being held for the fourth consecutive year, will bring food from 40 parishes and a shelter to those most in need in the Guadalajara metro-politan area.
Fr Javier Magdaleno Cueva, secretary chancellor of the Arch-diocese of Guadalajara, said at a press conference that this initia-tive seeks to “bring hope to those whose lives have been difficult or who have suffered that year.”
He also noted that the number of people who benefit from this event increases every year.
The first year, the organizers of “10,000 Christmases in one” set a goal of serving 10,000 people, and they ended up providing dinners to 13,000. By 2021, the projected number of beneficiaries was 20,000 people. However, they provided dinners to 30,000. This year, the estimated number of people that will be served by this initiative is 40,000.