Success Story: A Vehicle for the Poor Clare Sisters in Mbuji-Mayi “Mamu wa Bupole” – Our Lady of Peace – is the name of the Poor Clare Monastery in Mbuji-Mayi. The Democratic Republic of Congo is in urgent need of peace. Moreover, the Holy See announced on March 3 that Pope Francis will visit the […]
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Project of the Week – Success Story – Tanzania – A boat for pastoral work
This year the parish of Lumbila is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its existence. It is the oldest parish in the diocese of Njombe, in the south of Tanzania, and it lies on the shores of Lake Malawi, the ninth-largest lake in the world. All eight outstations of this parish can be reached by water only, since there are no roads. Until […]
Project of the Week: In Need of Transportation for the Good News in Malawi
A car is needed to carry pastoral work to prisoners the diocese of Zomba, Malawi In the diocese of Zomba, southern Malawi, Father Ephraim Chikwiri is chaplain to five different prisons. He not only celebrates Holy Mass with the incarcerated, but also organizes monthly retreat days and Bible study courses in which, under his guidance, […]
Success Story in Lebanon
A minibus for the Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament The Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament are overjoyed. For, thanks to the support of our generous benefactors, we have been able to provide them with the money to purchase a new minibus for their work! You have given almost $42,000 for this purpose. Sister […]
Project of the Week: A vehicle for a Parish in Pakistan
ACN provides a vehicle to enable pastoral work in the parish of Saint Peter in Multan Father Javed Khurshid, the parish priest, is still a young priest. Ordained 12 years ago and still serving today in the diocese of Multan located in the southern Punjab region of Pakistan. His parish, Saint Peter’s, lies on the […]
Project of the Week — A Vehicle for a Catholic Lay Community in Brazil
The community of Mar a Dentro in Brazil, needed a car to transport materials and for its many charitable projects and pastoral programs, both in the city and in other towns and villages that are accessible by road. The roads are poor and the journeys are often long. See how ACN Benefactors have helped them!
ACN Project of the Week – Malawi
Success Story: A Vehicle for the Carmelite Sisters in Zomba Since 2003, there has been a Carmelite convent in the diocese of Zomba in southern Malawi. There are eleven Sisters living there at present, their lives devoted entirely to a life of contemplation. They are praying for the salvation of the world and especially for […]
ACN Project of the Week – Transportation aid in Belarus
Belarus A car for the Dominican Sisters in Baranovichi Back in 1992, almost immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, three Dominican Sisters from Poland came to Belarus and began their apostolate in the town of Baranovichi. Evidently, their example was a powerful and attractive one, for the order grew and today has […]
ACN Success Story – Belarus
ACN Success story – in Belarus Getting around – an essential for a priest! This week, our story unfolds in Belarus. First of all, we learn in this country of close to 10 million people, the percentage of Catholics is a little less than 8%, whereas the Orthodox are close to 50%. Given the […]
ACN Project of the Week – Transportation project in Algeria
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 […]