Success Stories
Two Motorcycles for Two Young Priests
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The Diocese of Fada N’Gourma lies in eastern Burkina Faso. The diocese itself is vast – with an area of over 18,250 square miles – larger than many entire countries, such as the Netherlands or Switzerland, for example. Yet with just two million inhabitants, it is very sparsely populated. The approximate 100,700 Catholics in the diocese live widely scattered across 16 giant parishes. Consequently, the priests have to travel long distances in order to minister to the Catholic faithful. Many ...
Support for 23 Sisters in Ukraine
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The Latin Rite Diocese of Odessa and Simferopol in southern Ukraine has been severely affected by war. There are 23 religious sisters working in the parishes of the diocese, performing a heroic work of service for the suffering people. But like the poor and needy they are caring for, they, too, are facing ever-growing problems on account of the soaring prices of basic essentials. And so, thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, we have once again helped them over ...
Mass Stipends for the Carmelite Fathers in Indonesia
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With a population of over 281 million, almost 80 percent of whom are Muslim, Indonesia is the most populous Muslim nation in the world. Nonetheless, for the Catholic Church in this Southeast Asian island nation, there is also reason for rejoicing, since there are a wealth of vocations to the priesthood and religious life. In fact, the Carmelites are experiencing a veritable boom in vocations today. The first Carmelites actually began preaching the Gospel here way back in the 17th ...
A Vehicle for a Vast Rural Parish in the Central African Republic
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Over 70 small villages widely scattered across the African bush belong to the parish of St. Michael in Bozoum, in the northwest of the Central African Republic. It is a vast, underdeveloped area where most of the people live in great poverty. The Church is with them, supporting them in all their spiritual, psychological, and material needs. But the distances are extreme and the priests regularly have to face perilous adventures across rickety bridges and dirt roads, transformed during the ...
A Vehicle for a Remote Parish in Papua New Guinea
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The Diocese of Mendi lies in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea and consists of 31 parishes with an additional 300 or more outstations, scattered across this remote, rural, and mountainous landscape. The largest of these is the parish of St. Joseph in Margarima, which has a further 17 widely scattered outstations. Consequently, the distances the priests have to cover are considerable. Father George Mathew, the parish priest, was facing a real problem. His old vehicle had already clocked up ...
Winter Warmth for 18 Parishes in Ukraine
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The winter of 2025-26 was an especially harsh one for people in Ukraine. Even before that, the soaring energy costs and the widespread destruction of the energy supply system in the war had already caused great suffering, but last winter was even harder. Even the parishes were scarcely able to maintain their heating, and the priests and religious sisters working around the clock to help those in need were facing real risks to their own personal health. Consequently, Bishop Vitaliy ...