Benin Subsistence Support for Religious Sisters Sister Helène and Sister Epiphanie, both from Togo, belong to the Congregation of the Missionary Catechetical Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart. Since July 2018, they have been living and working in Parakou, a large and quickly developing town, situated in northern Benin. Many different cultural and ethnic groups […]
Project of the Week—Bosnia Support for the youth pastoral centre in Sarajevo By ACN International, Adapted by ACN Canada Published online – November 29, 2019 Catholics are a minority in Bosnia and Herzegovina—now at a bare 14% of the population, and falling. This decline began during the Bosnian War (1992 to 1995) when half the […]
South Sudan Training for 21 seminarians in the diocese of Tombura-Yambio South Sudan is the youngest country in the world today. In 2011, when the […]
Bosnia “We are here for the children that need us.” When Katarina leafs through the photo albums from the last two decades with Sisters Admirata and Manda, her joy is tinged by melancholy. The photographs keep memories of Katarina’s happy childhood days alive. However, the realization that the sheltered days of her youth will soon […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our Friday newsletter which will be regularly posted to our blog. Our weekly newsletter was designed to provide us with an opportunity to acquaint you with the needs of the Catholic Church around the world – and with some of the projects we have been able to realize together with ACN […]
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 ! […]
To bring our video presentations from the En Route Towards Peace evening, organized by the students of IFHIM – l’Institut de formation humaine intégrale de Montréal,to a close, we would like to invite you to listen to this version of the Hail Mary, sung in Senegalese. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcP932pXi0U&w=560&h=315] We hope these inspirational videos held your […]
After being greeted with two liturgical songs, let us today go with something more festive! A Latino dance called La cadena, which speaks about building a bridge of Peace (music by Rafaël Manzanares Aguilar). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVl41Y_ei8&w=420&h=315] Not to miss! Tomorrow’s conclusion of this series of dances and song from the students at IFHIM – with […]
Today we have the pleasure of offering you a second liturgical song entitled Have No Fear ( text according to Isaiah 43, musical arrangement by Jean- Jean-Baptiste Sarton du Jonchay). Ne crains pas je suis ton Dieu C’est moi qui t’ai choisi, appelé par ton nom. Tu as du prix à mes yeux et je […]
Sister Maria, you have been consecrated to the religious life for over 10 years. Can you tell us about the journey you took to make this important decision? In my village, there is a grotto with a statue of the Virgin Mary. Each year, in the month of February, pilgrims gather to spend a week […]
