ACN Success Story: Sierra Leone

A new presbytery in Lakka There is great rejoicing in the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in the suburban parish of Lakka, in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Thanks to your help, they have been able to consecrate their new presbytery! It was some time ago that we turned to you for …

ACN Project of the Week – Sierra Leone

A presbytery for a new parish Sierra Leone’s recent history has been a painful one. Indeed, the consequences of the country’s bloody civil war can still be felt today. Between 1991 and 2002, half the population was uprooted and forced to flee, thousands of people were murdered, and to this day poverty, unemployment, and corruption …