{"id":33913,"date":"2019-04-17T03:51:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T03:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=33913"},"modified":"2019-04-28T07:00:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T07:00:19","slug":"acn-to-receive-the-2019-path-to-peace-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/04\/17\/acn-to-receive-the-2019-path-to-peace-award\/","title":{"rendered":"ACN TO RECEIVE THE 2019 PATH TO PEACE AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, has announced that Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be the 2019 recipient of the Path to Peace Award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Holy See Mission said it has chosen to honor the international papal charity in recognition of its humanitarian and pastoral support of persecuted Christians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Path to Peace Foundation supports various aspects of the work of the Holy See Mission to the UN. The Foundation also funds humanitarian projects in developing countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Thomas Heine-Geldern, executive president of ACN International will be accepting the Award at the annual Path to Peace Gala Dinner May 22, 2019 in New York.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTo receive this outstanding Award is a great honor for Aid to the Church in Need\u201c, said Dr. Thomas Heine-Geldern. He added: \u201cIt is an eminent recognition of the worldwide bridge of love built by the generosity of our benefactors and the suffering and persecuted Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previous recipients of the Path to Peace Award include: Cardinal Mario Zenari, papal nuncio to Syria; Supreme Knight Carl Anderson of the Knights of Columbus; and Queen Sofia of Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded in 1947 by a young Dutch Norbertine Priest, Father Werenfried van Straaten (1903 -2003), to help meet the needs of refugees and displaced people in post-World War II Germany, ACN supports more than 5,000 projects each year in more than 140 countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Projects include the construction of churches and chapels; support for the training of seminarians, men and women religious as well as lay catechists; emergency aid; and transportation for clergy and religious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year, ACN donors gave more than \u20ac100M in aid. Since 2011, ACN has provided more than \u20ac70M to support Syrian and Iraqi Christians threatened by ISIS and other Islamist groups, ensuring the survival of Christianity in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Path to Peace Gala Dinner will be held from 6PM-10PM on May 22, 2019 at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan, 61st Street and Fifth Ave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, has announced that Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be the 2019 recipient of the Path to Peace Award. 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