ACN Project of the Week – Solomon Islands Outboard motors for seven boats used in the pastoral ministry Published on the web July 31, 2019 The Solomon Islands are located in the south Pacific, around 720 km east of New Guinea and approximately 2,000 km northeast of Australia. Today, most of the population of 130,000 […]
Algeria A vehicle for pastoral work in the birthplace of Saint Augustine In the birthplace of Saint Augustine, there are only around 5,000 Catholics living today. Algeria, located in the northwest Africa, is the largest country in Africa, with an area of almost 930,000 square miles (2.38 million km²) – approximately one quarter the […]
Paraguay A boat for pastoral care in Carmelo Peralta The apostolic vicariate of Chaco is located in the far north of the country. It extends over a vast area of swamps and semi-arid forests. There are only 30,000 inhabitants. The roads are very bad and some locations are only accessible by water. The […]
Success Story: Democratic Republic of the Congo A minibus for the Dominican Fathers in Kinshasa The Dominican Fathers in Kinshasa are delighted to have received their new minibus. Their old vehicle finally gave up the ghost, irrevocably, while travelling on the road, some 210 km (130 miles) away from their home monastery. From […]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Gratitude for two mopeds and eight bicycles for the pastoral team in Poko All across Canada, bicycles have become popular instruments for leisure activities and many people even use them to get to work. Elsewhere in the world, this method of transportation becomes a veritable treasure that you, ACN […]
Pakistan Essential kilometers for pastoral The diocese of Multan sprawls over an area of over 38,000 square miles (98,000 km²), an area larger than the size of Austria. The territory stretching across the diocese has a population of some 7.5 million, 200,000 of whom are Catholics. It is divided up into 18 parishes, which in turn […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our weekly newsletter regularly posted to our website and designed to acquaint you with the needs of the Catholic Church around the world and introducing you to various projects we have helped to bring into being together with our partners and ACN benefactors. This week: India Success Story: a moped and 10 bicycles for […]
Serbia The impoverishment of Serbia Königstein/Montreal – March 24, 2015. “Serbia has visibly become poor. For this reason, many have also given up hope. The 40 to 50-year-olds are now leaving, people in their prime.” The Catholic bishop of Zrenjanin, Ladislav Nemet, used these words to describe the current situation in Serbia during a […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our weekly newsletter regularly posted to our website 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: Central African Republic Repair of a vehicle for the diocese of Bambari, following the rebel […]
© 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: Liberia An archdiocese says “Thank you!” Thanks […]
