Support and technical equipment for the annual ecumenical youth meetings run by the Franciscans at the Marian shrine of Bilshivtsi Even before the pandemic, Ukraine faced numerous grave challenges. 70 years of communism have left a profound mark on society and aggravated today by corruption, economic crisis, lack of opportunity and a war in the […]
To see the saints as our friends and personal companions on our path to God – this is the idea behind the book Online with the Saints. Young readers are introduced to over 100 saints of every age and every nation – men and women, young and old, from many different backgrounds and various vocations […]
Egypt Pastoral summer activities in Alexandria by ACN Projects Department International Adapted by Amanda Griffin, ACN Canada Published online June 17, 2020 In Alexandria, a city founded over 2,000 years ago and home of a new library recalling the mythical and legendary institution of Antiquity – 290 children and young people in Alexandria have been looking […]
Project of the Week: Pakistan A spiritual breath for a youth apostolate in Faisalabad Published on line February 27, 2020 Roughly half of the 207 million people who make up the population of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan are under the age of 25, and one third of these are actually aged 14 or younger. […]
Iraq Address to the United Nations Security Council An ACN partner, Msgr Bashar Warda, Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil in Iraq, gave an address to the United Nations security council on December 3rd. Here is what he had to say to the international community. Address of Archbishop Bashar Warda Kurdistan Region, Iraq To: UN Security Council, […]
ACN Project of the Week – India Help for the formation of 23 seminarians The Congregation of the Holy Cross was officially founded in Mans, France, in 1837. Born of a fusion between the Brothers of Saint Joseph—founded in 1820 by Father Jacques Dujarie and auxiliary priests of Mans, founded by the canon Basile Moreau […]
“Let’s be One” Campaign 3,000 postcards for the young people of the Church in need The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is taking stock of its campaign “Let’s be One,” launched at the World Youth Day in Cracow from 26 to 31 July 2016. The aim of the campaign […]
PROJECT OF THE WEEK Russia Church Camp for the Holidays! Again this year, 50 young people from the Armenian Catholic community of Venyov went to Catholic summer camp. Kids aged from 9 to 17 were spent a week with friends in a lovely spot and had lots of fun while deepening their faith. […]
#LetsBeOne – A message from Poland to WYD Today we meet Michal from Poland, the host country. Michal who is active in the l’Arche community founded by Jean Vanier, will be attending the WYD. But he will be with his group of people, all living with disabilities. He will be there first to serve, before experiencing […]
#LetsBeOne – A message from Israel to WYD She lives in Nazareth where Jesus grew up. Majida cannot go to the World Youth Days celebrations. Not because she doesn’t have the money, but because she has chosen to serve the refugees who are stranded on the beaches of Galilee. She is a Veronica on the […]
