A Third Annual Magazine for ACN Canada – The Heart of Africa Montréal, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN) is launching its magazine. At the heart of the magazine are the initiatives of the local Church in the many areas of Africa where unprecedented terrorist attacks are taking […]
Aid to the Church in Need Canada Thanks its Benefactors Montreal, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 – For the first time in its history, the Canadian office of Aid to the Church in Need raised just over three million dollars. “2020 has been unique, challenging and historic. I am very moved and grateful to see the […]
Press Release – For Immediate Release More than $250,000 is the amount that the benefactors of Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN) have been sending to disaster victims in Lebanon since mid-September. And now more than ever, we must continue! Annie Desrosiers, Head of Philanthropy for ACN Canada, has been praising benefactors from […]
Montréal, December 9, – Now available in Canada in PDF format, in English and French, the report Set Your Captives Free, by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), is a first look at Christians unjustly detained for their faith with a foreword by Asia Bibi. “As is customary, our colleagues in the UK office […]
A Video to Remember Montreal, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 – At the gates of Advent, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) now holds its annual Red Week, during which the international organization raises awareness of the phenomena of religious persecution against Christians and religious freedom around the world. On November 18th, the Canadian office […]
A Time of Reflection in Solidarity with the Persecuted Church Montreal, Monday, November 23, 2020—Close to a hundred people signed up for the virtual Red Wednesday event in Canada, which took place on November 18. Along with the Archbishops of Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto—Msgrs. Christian Lépine, Michael J. Miller et le Cardinal Thomas Collins – […]
Next Sunday, October 18 Now More Than Ever, Pray for the World! The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is once again inviting parishes, daycares, schools and families to participate in the annual initiative “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” this coming October 18, in Canada virtually at 1pm. The focus of […]
Montreal, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — “We are pleased to announce the new website for Aid to the Church in Need Canada is now operational,” proclaimed Marie-Claude Lalonde, National Director of the pontifical charity. “It is simple, efficient, and beautiful.” Readers will find ACN news, stories and interviews, as well as the projects of the […]
LEBANON Witnesses compare explosion to an “atomic bomb.” Konigstein/Montreal Wednesday, August 5, 2020—An emergency food package of $362,500 is to be rushed out to Beirut by a leading Catholic charity in the wake of the huge explosion yesterday (Tuesday, August 4). The Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) grant will go to support poor […]
Konigstein/Montreal —ACN president expresses solidarity with Catholics in the country following the arson attack on a church. The international Catholic Pontifical Charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International) has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist-style arson attack against the Catholic cathedral in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital. According to a statement by the […]
