In the month of January, Brazil reached the tragic total of 220,000 victims as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Brazil is the country with the second-highest number of deaths in the world due to the virus. In this context the Amazonas region, which is often described as the “lungs of the world,” is, ironically, […]
These words, addressed to ACN’s benefactors, come from Father Renato Chiera, an Italian priest who has spent 42 years in Brazil, dedicating his life to rescuing children and young people from the streets. Thanks to the benefactors of our international Catholic pastoral charity, the Saint Michael the Archangel’s Children’s Home (Casa do Menor São Miguel […]
Help for the training of 54 future priests from the Shalom Community Today, over 3,000 people in over twenty countries around the world belong to the Shalom Community, founded in Brazil in 1982. Its members include married couples, young people and adults seeking their vocation and priests, gathered together in a community of shared life. […]
Brazil Training of 27 seminarians in the Amazon region Posted to the web February 6, 2020 Currently there are 27 young men from the diocese of Rio Branco in western Brazil training to serve God and their fellow men in the Catholic priesthood. The life that awaits them as priests will be a far […]
Brazil The Bethlehem Mission: Being family for those who have none. by Rodrigo Arantes, ACN Brazil Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Published on the web December 17, 2019 In the city of São Paulo there are over 25,000 homeless people. To borrow from a phrase used by the missionaries at the Bethlehem […]
The Synod for Amazonia “The indigenous peoples have had God with them for a long time” Interview conducted by Rodrigo Arantes for ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada The Synod for Amazonia has been underway since October 6, and will continue through to October 27, at the Vatican. It is a synod […]
Brazil A new parish church amidst the sugarcane The town of Camela has a population of around 30,000 souls, and lies in the midst of the vast sugarcane plantations of northeastern Brazil. The life of the people here is marked by great poverty and grave social problems manifesting in widespread violence and drug […]
Mass Offerings for 19 priests of the Shalom Community The Catholic Shalom Community was founded in 1982 in Brazil. Its members include young people, families, married couples and priests, who live in so-called “life communities“ and are dedicated to the work of evangelization and Christian instruction, mainly for young people. Central to the life of […]
Brazil Catechetical materials for pastoral work The “Bethlehem Mission” (Missao Belem) is a lay spiritual community of people who devote themselves above all to caring for the homeless, the addicts, the lonely and all those facing a crisis or some other difficult situation. The members of the community, who describe themselves as “missionaries,” share their […]
Brazil Support for 12 elderly and infirm religious sisters Despite her 88 years, Sister Halina does not just sit around twiddling her thumbs. She has surely earned the right to do so, after a long life of daily service on behalf of the poor. And yet she continues to this day, tirelessly visiting the sick […]
