With more than 50 million copies distributed in over 170 languages, Aid to the Church in Need’s Child’s Bible is a worldwide phenomenon! This little illustrated bible not only teaches children key stories from the Old and New testaments, it also helps them learn to read, as it is often the only book they own. For many...
A priest distributes Holy Communion during outdoor Mass at the ‘Green Cathedral’ in Yambio, South Sudan. Many priests and Sisters around the world rely on the generosity of benefactors to provide for their basic needs, such as food and clothes, as they minister to their flocks. In the case of priests, we are able to pass on...
A vehicle for Saint Anthony’s seminary in Ntungamo. It was almost 20 years since they had first purchased the old vehicle they were using for the seminary of Saint Anthony in Ntungamo. Given the terrible state of the roads, it was something of a miracle that it had managed to stay in service for so...
A new church in the apostolic vicariate of Jimma-Bonga. The apostolic vicariate of Jimma-Bonga is situated in Western Ethiopia and has an area of around 20,000 square miles (50,000 km²) – larger than the Netherlands and almost twice that of Belgium. A large proportion of the population still follow traditional pagan religions, and many are...
A car for the Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament was established in Lebanon in the year 1966. The sisters not only have a special charism, centered on the Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, but are also involved in many ways in...
A church in the diocese of Faisalabad. The parish of the Immaculate Conception in Toba Tek Singh in the diocese of Faisalabad serves no fewer than 75 villages, with around 2,700 Catholic families. Many of the Christian village dwellers here are day labourers or street sweepers, while the women are employed in menial tasks as...
A church to commemorate the victims of the violence. For decades now, and until quite recently, Colombia has been living through a continuing nightmare of violence, with ongoing conflict between the police and army, paramilitary groups, drug cartels and guerilla movements. And although the situation has become much calmer in recent years, there is still...
Support for the contemplative Augustinian religious sisters in the diocese of Huejutla. The diocese of Huejutla im north-east Mexico is one of the three poorest in the country. Since 1970 there has been a convent of the contemplative Augustinian religious sisters in the diocese. The 21 religious here live a life of prayer and strict...
Help for the seminary in Kemerovo-Novokuznetsk It was back in 1994 when the then newly established Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Kemerovo-Novokuznetsk (north-northeast of Novosibirsk) set up its own theological school where, in three-year courses, the priests so urgently needed for the diocese could be trained. After a full ten years this school was „upgraded“ to...
