Release of ACN Canada’s Magazine Montreal, April 11, 2024 – The first edition of ACN Canada’s Magazine for 2024 is now available! Entitled Nuns, Everyday Heroines, the issue features short portraits of the extraordinary work carried out by nuns around the world. “The word heroines is absolutely fitting,” says Marie-Claude Lalonde, national director of Aid …
Category archives: Press Relase
Dont forget Myanmar
On the third anniversary of coup, ACN calls on the world not to forget Myanmar Pope Francis has said that the real treasure of Myanmar is its people. As civil conflict worsens, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) supports the repeated calls of the local Catholic Church for peace and justice, not only for …
Six religious sisters kidnapped in Haiti
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) joins the Pope in asking for the immediate and unconditional release of the religious sisters from the Congregation of Saint Anne and for an end to the violence that plagues Haiti. Six religious sisters were kidnapped by armed criminals in Haiti, last Friday, 19 January. The crime took …
Holy Land: Fresh aid offers hope to Christians living on the breadline
Pontifical Charity Aid to the Church in Need has announced a second package of emergency aid for Christians who lost their livelihoods because of the war in Gaza. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be supporting the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem with $700,000 between January and April 2024, bringing the combined total amount …
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“Continue to be generous!”
Press Release Aid to the Church in Need’s Christmas Campaign 2023 Since December 2nd, the Canadian office of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has been in the midst of its Christmas campaign, and the generosity of benefactors has been overwhelming. “I’m always moved by the generosity of our benefactors towards their sisters and …
Red Wednesday 23 – A Groundswell from Coast to Coast
Press Release – For Immediate ReleaseRed Wednesday 2023 — Persecution of Christians Montréal, Wednesday, November 27, 2023 – Last Wednesday, November 15, in Canada, nearly forty events were held to mark Red Wednesday, not counting people in the Saskatoon area who were invited to attend an ecumenical service last Wednesday, November 22, at the Holy Covenant …
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Red Wednesday: one week away!
Press Release – For Immediate Release Montreal/Königstein, November 9, 2023 — For close to 10 years now, several national offices of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) have been highlighting Red Wednesday. In Canada, ACN is kicking off what is known as Red Week (#RedWeek, #SemaineRouge) early. The primary objective is to “shed light …
Urgent call for prayer for peace in the Holy Land
Press Release – For Immediate Release Aid to the Church in Need Königstein, Germany-Montreal, Canada, October 10, 2023 – The international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its deep concern and regret at the escalation of violence in the Holy Land, which has caused the loss of more than a thousand lives …
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Religious Freedom – To watch for in Canada
Press Release — For Immediate Release Montreal, August 31, 2023 – Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) makes the new Executive Summary of its Religious Freedom in the World Report 2023 available to its benefactors and supporters. ACN Canada also takes this opportunity to announce that Red Wednesday 2023 will take place on …
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Aid to the Church in Need proposes the Rosary for peace!
A prayerful start to a new school yearOne Million Children Praying the Rosary is back. Press Release – One Million Children Praying the Rosary Montreal, August 18, 2023 – In Canada, it is back-to-school season and Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is proposing a pastoral activity for the start of the 2023-2024 school …
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