A three-year youth programme for the diocese of Mymensingh Like everywhere else in Bangladesh, Catholics in the Diocese of Mymensingh represent no more than a tiny minority of the population. In fact, there are just 83,000 Catholics among the 19 million or so who live within the territory of the diocese. Most of these belong […]
Tag archives: Bible
Project of the Week: New Catholic Life in Ethiopia
Support for the distribution of Bibles and a Blooming Catechetical Apostolate The priestly Order of the Imitation of Christ was established in 1919 in Kerala in India. It has also been present in the Horn of Africa since 2009. In fact the order now has three monasteries in Ethiopia, in the diocese of Endibir and […]
ACN Project of the Week – Prayer books for kids in Ecuador
Ecuador Advent and Christmas prayer booklets for 2,000 children and teens Christmas is not mainly about giving presents of course, but rather, about celebrating the birth of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. God came into this world as a little child to lead us to salvation. In order to strengthen and deepen this […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN – Cuba
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 […]
Bolivia – Thanks for the Bibles
By ACN International Adapted by AB Griffin, ACN Canada Bolivia is regarded as the poorest country of Latin America, and two thirds of its almost 11 million inhabitants, the majority of indigenous descent, currently live in poverty – many, 40%, live in extreme poverty. Poverty is not the only problem that plagues these people for […]