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Pope Francis calls all of us to support the Missions – your Christmas gift this Advent can bring joy and love to children most in need in so many of the Church’s mission dioceses. These vulnerable lit There are now 80,000 Akha and Lahu people living in Thailand's northern provinces on the mountain slopes bordering Myanmar. These indigenous hill tribes have fled civil wars in Burma and Laos. They li Damien Social Welfare Centre (DSWC) in Dhanbad, India, has served those with Hanson’s Disease (leprosy) and their families since 1964. DSWC works to provide patients with access to proper treatment an On March 25, 2018 we achieved the reopening of the San Cristobal Seminary. This year we received 17 young men. The clas*es began on March 1st after a lengthy period of planning and work to receive the The Sisters of Mary of Kakamega in the Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya are living in the wards of the nearby hospital with the patients they serve, contrary to the needs of a religious life requiring seclu Father Obidi is the pastor of Saint Theresa's Parish in the Diocese of Bondoukou. The diocese and its priests serve a large geographical area MISSIO Project Leader, Father Expedit Sserunjogi explains that in his native Uganda, teachers in rural areas are more effective when they can live close to the schools in which they teach. That is why Greg Mitchell is raising money for the St. Francis Emmaus Pregnancy hostel in Cartago, Costa Rica that serves mothers and infants from indigenous communities. The small staff there saves lives daily. Your gift this summer to the Society of St. Peter Apostle, one of the Pope's mission societies, helps young men preparing for the priesthood at St. Augustine’s Major Seminary in western Kenya, in Ba*g Relentless rains, floods and landslides since August 8, 2018 have claimed the lives of more than 400 in southern India's Kerala state and left more than 300,000 homeless. These numbers are only expect St. Eugene de Mazenod Catholic Parish is a poor church in the Vicariate of Pilcomayo, Paraguay. For more than 90 years the Oblates