Success Stories
A New Chapel for a Village in Peru
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The Parish of the Sacred Heart in Peru includes 34 rural communities, scattered along the banks of the Rio Mayo. The village of Los Angeles is one of the biggest in the parish, with around 700 residents; it is 70 percent Catholic. It takes the parish priest about 75 minutes to get from the parish center to the village, and the roads are unmade. As part of this trip, he even uses a raft. The village once had its own ...
A Pastoral Center for a Diocese in India
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The Diocese of Diphu lies in the state of Assam in northern India. This is a region of great poverty and home to many indigenous tribes. In fact, most of them still adhere to their traditional tribal religions. There are about 70,000 Catholics in the diocese. They are a minority in the country, at just over five percent of the total population. And most Catholics have only embraced Christianity in recent decades, so there is still a great need to ...
Support for 28 Sisters in Cameroon
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The Diocese of Kribi is in southern Cameroon, on the Gulf of Guinea. It covers an area of some 4,300 square miles, and roughly half of its 250,000 inhabitants are Catholic. There are 28 sisters in the diocese, from eight different congregations. They care for those in need, and especially for children, mothers, the elderly, the sick, and indigenous people, formerly known as pygmies, who live in particularly precarious circumstances. At the same time, the sisters are also involved in ...
A Vehicle for a Parish in Indonesia
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Father Jakob Umbu Warata, the Provincial of the Redemptorist Fathers, asked that we help his fellow priests in the parish of Saint Andrew Ngallu, in Sumba, Indonesia. They were in urgent need of a sturdy, all-terrain vehicle, and thanks to our donors’ generosity, we were able to raise $21,713 for it. Now, Father Jakob has written to thank us: “Our heartfelt thanks for your efforts and your help. We are most grateful, and we are praying for you all. May God ...
A House for the Capuchin Fathers in Ukraine
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Some time ago, the Capuchin Fathers who have worked in Lviv, Ukraine since 2021 asked us for our help with a major problem. They needed a house to live in, since they were all crammed into a small two-room apartment. An old storeroom served as a tiny chapel, and the kitchen had to double as their sitting room. There was no extra space to accommodate guests or meet with the faithful. So, most prayer meetings, counseling sessions, and Eucharistic adoration ...
A Vehicle for a Remote Parish in India
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The parish of Saharsa is in one of the poorest parts of India, on the frontier with Nepal. The majority of the people here belong to the Santal tribe, and they are ministered to by priests from the Indian Mission Society, a home-grown Indian congregation established in 1941. Father Suraj Mathew tells us, “The Catholic faithful here are deeply religious and look forward with great fervor to the Holy Mass. Sundays and Holy Days are occasions of great joy and ...