Success Stories
Success Story: A Boat for Pastoral Work in Tanzania
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Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, we were able to contribute $12,300 to enable Father Florius Mpete, the priest of the Parish of Lumbila, in the Diocese of Njombe, Tanzania, to purchase a motorboat with which he can now visit the Catholic faithful in the outstations. The boat has already arrived, and Father Florius and his parishioners are overjoyed. All eight outstations of this parish on the shores of Lake Malawi can only be reached by water since there ...
Success Story: Mass Stipends for 43 Priests in Russia
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With an area of 4 million square miles, the Diocese of Saint Joseph in Irkutsk is larger than the entire United States. Bordering on China, the Pacific Ocean and Alaska, it covers seven different time zones. Scattered across all this vast area are just 52,000 Catholics, currently ministered to by 43 priests of the diocese, and they face enormous challenges. The climate is extreme, with winter temperatures not infrequently -58°F – and in some places still colder than that. Yakutsk, ...
Success Story: A Moped for Pastoral Work in India
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The people of the Parish of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus in Rajam, in the north of the state of Andhra Pradesh in central eastern India are poor, but strong in faith. They long to have a priest to lead them in prayer and guide them in their spiritual lives, and young priest Father Maria Raju Etcherla has many plans, especially for the youth apostolate, which is very dear to his heart, since these young people are often left ...
Success Story: A Car for a Parish in Tanzania
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There is great rejoicing in the Parish of Butundwe in northwest Tanzania. Thanks to your generous help, Father John Bosco Lwenge at last has a car! This will make his pastoral ministry much easier. Everyone in the parish is delighted and grateful as well, since now they will be able to see their parish priest more frequently than before. The parish covers a large area and has twenty-eight outstations, some of which are over 20 miles from the center. Father ...
Radios, Solar lamps, and Educational Material for Refugee Families in Burkina Faso
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Life in northern and eastern Burkina Faso has been virtually paralyzed by terrorism and the resulting critical security situation. The threat of Islamist attacks is on the increase, with jihadists seeking to establish an Islamic caliphate in the region. Since 2019, almost a million people have been uprooted from their homes. The few remaining villages that are still inhabited are now home to thousands of internal refugees. Over a thousand schools have been closed or destroyed, and children and young ...
100 Bicycles and 5 Mopeds for Evangelization and Social Work in Brazil
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In 2020, the Brazilian lay Association, Obra de Maria, Or “Mary‘s Work,” celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. It was a great occasion, with the participation of 68 bishops and 300 priests. The community today has around 3,500 members from all walks of life, including priests, deacons, consecrated religious, married and single lay people. They all form one great family, a community that is present in forty different countries around the world today. In Brazil the members of the Association are active ...