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...

Help for the renovation of the Carmelite convent in Karaganda Kazakhstan – formerly part of the Soviet Union in Central Asia – is today geographically the ninth largest state on the earth. Yet it has a popuation of just 16 million souls, 47% of whom follow Islam, while 46% are Christians of various confessions –...

Repair of a vehicle for the diocese of Bambari, following the rebel attacks. The Central African Republic has a population that is mainly Christian and animist, together with a Muslim minority of around 15%. Relations between the various different religious communities have in the past always been peaceful. However, after the Muslim President Michel Djodotima...

A novice house for a new congregation of religious sisters. The apostolic vicariate of Bomadi is situated in Delta State, on the delta of the River Niger in the South of Nigeria. Unlike the northern part of the country, Christians here are not – for the time being at least – being threatened by Boko...