Projects in Need

The Norbertine, or Premonstratensian, Order was founded in France in the 12th century and has 1,600 members on six continents today.  In 1960, the Dutch Norbertine Fathers founded what is now the Abbey of Jamtara in India, and just two years later, in 1962, accepted its first Indian novices.  Father Arul Amalraj, the present Superior, gratefully remembers the work of those early Dutch missionaries: “Their tireless work, sweat, and immeasurable commitment laid the foundations for the growth of the Abbey ...

No fewer than 182 young men from different parts of Ukraine are currently training for the priesthood at the Greek Catholic seminary in Ivano-Frankivsk. For the first six months of the war, the seminary was used as emergency accommodation for 200 women refugees and their children, while the seminarians studied online instead. But in September 2022, the seminarians returned to the seminary and resumed their face-to-face studies.  The continuing war and the related economic crisis are a major headache for ...

The Diocese of Butembo-Beni is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies in a crisis region between the Congo and Uganda, and is rich in natural resources. For years now, the rebels of the so-called Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), originally based in Uganda, have been spreading fear and terror there. Thousands have left as refugees, and massacres, abductions, rapes, and lootings are now regular and repeated occurrences.   During his visit to the DRC in February 2023, Pope Francis ...

The Catholic Church in northeast India is still relatively young and took root at the end of the 19th century. Indeed, in many parts of this region, the Catholic presence dates back no more than a few decades.   One of the younger dioceses in this part of India is Bongaigaon, first established in the year 2000. There are approximately 74,000 Catholics in the diocese today, most of whom belong to the indigenous Bodo tribal people. But there are at least ...