A vehicle for a parish Father Darko Anušić has a very heavy workload and is constantly on the move. In his Diocese of Banja Luka, in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he is responsible not only for the two parishes of Mrkonjić Grad and Liskovica, but also for giving religious instruction in several different …
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In Gitega, a vehicle for a parish run by Monfortians Burundi is one of the smallest—but most densely populated (roughly 310 to 422 inhabitants per square foot)—countries in Africa. It has an area of just under 28,000 km² and a population of almost 12 million people. In 2023, the country is considered to be the …
A vehicle for an extensive parish The island nation of Indonesia comprises over 17,000 separate islands, over 6,000 of which are inhabited. Geographically speaking, most of them are part of Asia, though some are part of Australasia. With over 273 million inhabitants, Indonesia is the most populated Muslim nation in the world. However, the religious …
A vehicle for an extensive parish in a remote region The parish of Saint Francis Xavier is situated in Lazu, a remote parish in the Diocese of Miao (Northeast India), close to the border with Myanmar. The parish has 10 outstations* and a total of around 2,500 Catholic faithful. The people of this region …
Feature Story – Iceland Nominally, the vast majority of Icelanders belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland. There are only around 14,000 Catholics in Iceland, a country with only one diocese – Reykjavik – and eight parishes. Some of these parishes are very distant from each other. None of this bothers Sister Selestina Gavric …
A vehicle for a remote mountain parish The parish of El Calvaria in central Guatemala covers a mountainous area of over 2,000 km² and includes 117 separate small communities. The challenges are enormous. Most of the inhabitants are Kekchí – Mayan Indigenous Peoples. They are especially disadvantaged and marginalised and live for the most part …
Vehicle for a poor parish Father Jean Wilner is delighted with his new all-terrain vehicle, made possible thanks to our generous benefactors who donated $39,450. Prior to this, the only way to reach the various settlements in his parish of St. Bernadette Soubirous of La Visite was either on foot or by moped, travelling on …
