ASIA – Philippines Rebuilding after Typhoon Haiyan “Haiyan” – or in the Philippines, “Yolanda” – are beautiful sounding names for what was in fact one of the greatest natural disasters of recent times. Just over a year ago this Typhoon unleashed its full fury on the coast of the Philippines, sweeping over 6,000 people to […]
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 : Philippines Help to protect their convent from termites, fire and thieves A renovation […]
ACN International Adapted by Robert Lalonde On 8th November 2013, super typhoon Haiyan pounded the island of Leyte in the Philippines with winds nearing 315 kilometres per hour and a tremendous storm surge that bulldozed the countryside. 11 million people were affected by the storm. Over 6,000 people lost their lives. The Minor Seminary of […]
While parents here run to buy Christmas presents for their children, parents over there, in far too many countries, run under threat to protect their children from danger. The arrival of Christmas is good news! – So the hymns tell us – news which bears the promise of peace and of love. However, Christmas has […]
At the conclusion of the Year of Faith in the Holy Land by Oliver Maksan, for ACN International adapted by AB Griffin, ACN Canada ACN Montreal, November 21, 2013 – On Sunday morning a radiant sky looked down on the crowd of thousands who had gathered for the conclusion of the Year of Faith in […]
By Reinhard Backes, ACN International Adapted by AB Griffin, ACN Canada Montreal, November 5 2013 – The Silsilah Dialogue Movement has won the renowned Goi Peace Award from the Japanese foundation which strives for peace throughout the world carrying the same name. The Silsilah Dialogue Movement, founded by Sebastiano D’Ambra, an Italian missionary, in Zamboanga […]
