Helping the only seminary in the country! In Uruguay, the Catholic Church holds much less influence in society than in most other Latin American countries. Only around 30% of the country’s 3.5 million citizens identify as Catholics, and religious faith and practice have been largely relegated to the private sphere. The second smallest country in …
Category archives: ACN Project of the Week
ACN Project of the Week – Guatemala
A vehicle for a remote mountain parish The parish of El Calvaria in central Guatemala covers a mountainous area of over 2,000 km² and includes 117 separate small communities. The challenges are enormous. Most of the inhabitants are Kekchí – Mayan Indigenous Peoples. They are especially disadvantaged and marginalised and live for the most part …
Project of the Week – Ukraine
A car for the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Kharkiv Last year, the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary celebrated the 25th anniversary of their work in Kharkiv. But it was a sad occasion for them, because the second-largest city in Eastern Ukraine has been directly affected by the …
Project of the Week-Bolivia
Supporting pastoral programs for youth and vocations in the Andes The Territorial Prelature of Corocoro is situated high up in the Andes. Life is hard here, and the people live widely scattered, often in small settlements. Only a handful of the villages have a population of over 10,000. Around 80% of the 290,000 people in …
India – Supporting the formation of 25 young religious women
ACN Project of the Week The congregation of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod was founded in France and has been established in India ever since 1886. Today, the religious sisters are present in the capital, New Delhi, and in 17 of the federal states of the country. They are dedicated to the service …
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Haiti – ACN Success Story
Vehicle for a poor parish Father Jean Wilner is delighted with his new all-terrain vehicle, made possible thanks to our generous benefactors who donated $39,450. Prior to this, the only way to reach the various settlements in his parish of St. Bernadette Soubirous of La Visite was either on foot or by moped, travelling on …