India A pastoral program to mark the Holy Year of Mercy While still a young seminarian, Bishop Salvadore Lobo of Baruipur gained deep sympathy for the poor and disabled after meeting Mother Teresa. This meeting would then prompt him to volunteer in her Kaligat House of the Dying in Calcutta, where he tended to the dying. […]
ACN PROJECT OF THE WEEK Iraq Providing retreat days for up to 1,200 young people Every year the Archdiocese of Erbil organizes a series of retreat days for young people. They are aimed in particular at those young adults who for the whole year are profoundly engaged in the life of the parishes, for […]
Lebanon “I used to shoot at Syrians. Now I’m helping them.” With the support of Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic Sisters in Lebanon are helping Syrian refugees – and banishing the shadows of the past. Clusters of tents erected on open land stretch out across the Bekaa plain. Plastic sheets drawn over […]
© Aid to the Church in Need JOURNEY WITH ACN is our weekly newsletter regularly posted to our blog and designed to acquaint you with the needs of the Catholic Church around the world – and various projects we have helped to bring into being together with ACN benefactors. This week : Peru & Honduras Peru “It […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our Friday our weekly newsletter regularly posted to our blog and designed to acquaint you with the needs of the Catholic Church around the world – and various projects we have helped to bring into being together with ACN benefactors. This week : The Synod for bishops on the family in Rome ______________________ This […]
The Orthodox priest Igor Pokrovskij has been involved in prisoners’ pastoral care for 16 years. In this time he has baptized almost 400 prisoners. Eva-Maria Kolmann, ACN International Adapted by ACN Canada Seven-hundred thousand prisoners are being held in the 755 prisons and labour camps throughout the vast territory of the Russian Federation. When FatherWerenfried […]
ACN International Adapted by AB Griffin, ACN Canada In the Western World, many seminaries are forced to close their doors due to a lack of vocations, and many dioceses only have a handful of new priestly ordinations. In contrast, seminaries are simply bursting at the seams in many parts of Africa. The rectors have sleepless […]
The following series of texts has an objective to introduce you to the many kinds of assistance needed by various organizations, parishes or Catholic communities throughout the world. We invite you to travel with us to all the continents that you may see how very important your support is to them. Enjoy the […]
The following series of texts has an objective to introduce you to the many kinds of assistance needed by various organizations, parishes or Catholic communities throughout the world. We invite you to travel with us to all the continents that you may see how very important your support is to them. Enjoy the read ! […]
The following series of texts has an objective to introduce you to the many kinds of assistance needed by various organizations, parishes or Catholic communities throughout the world. We invite you to travel with us to all the continents that you may see how very important your support is to them. Enjoy the […]
