We invite you to support missionary stations in Bolivia, Chad, and Congo.

"Teenage mothers, victims of rape, are unable to cope mentally and ask us to take care of their children because they cannot bear to look at a child that reminds them of their trauma. One of them tried to poison her daughter, little Sofia. The girl was miraculously saved. Today she is six years old. She is very petite but happy, has friends, and goes to school. After four years of absence, her mother returned. The sight of Sofia, alive and happy, was a sign of blessing and forgiveness for the evil she had done to her child in the past," Sister Anna Kurysz, a member of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart and director of the shelter in Cochabamba, describes the situation, adding: "At our altitude of over 2,500 meters above sea level, the temperature changes are drastic. We don't have heating in the house, so we wear sweaters and hats to sleep because it's hard to fall asleep when you're shivering from the cold." We want to finish replacing the windows in the St. Francis Girls' Home, which was started thanks to the "Give Warmth" campaign, and paint the children's rooms, which have not been renovated for many years. To achieve this goal, we need PLN 61,500.

"I am literally building the parish of Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Lai, Chad, from scratch. When, in 2021, the bishop entrusted me with organizing its material structures, I was terrified! I had only four hectares of bare land at my disposal. Since then, thanks also to the help of the Dehonian Missionary Family, a chapel, a primary school, a health center, and a church (shell) have been built on the mission grounds. Since September 2024, I have been assisted in the parish by nuns who came from Burkina Faso. Both they and I live on the bishopric grounds. The parish is three kilometers away, so every day we commute there as if we were going to work. We would very much like to live on the mission grounds to be close to the people, and so that the sisters can lead a religious life according to the charism of their congregation. I am asking for your help in the amount of PLN 268,100 for the construction of a convent for the sisters. My parishioners are mostly poor farmers who cultivate up to two hectares of land by hand. Their main concern is what they will feed their children today. Raising the above amount is completely beyond our reach," describes Father Jakub Szałek, a missionary from the Diocese of Bydgoszcz.

The third place we want to help is an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary in Mikalaya, Congo. The children there live in very modest conditions, as evidenced by the facility's budget, which amounts to PLN 29,500... per year! We want to give the children new mattresses, because they currently sleep on metal bunk beds with "mattresses" consisting of a few centimeters of foam... The cost of purchasing new mattresses is PLN 14,250. "My name is Victorine Tshibola. I was born on March 30, 2011. I was taken to an orphanage when I was two weeks old, after my mother died. Since then, no one from my family has visited me. I saw my father for the first time when I was in second grade, even though our family village is not far from the mission. I saw him again during my First Communion when I was 12 years old - this time he came to take me away and marry me off against my will. I begged the Sisters of Charity not to let me go. I am currently in the first grade of high school. I want to continue my education. Thank you."

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For $: PL 52 1600 1462 1847 3641 5000 0009; SWIFT: PPAB PLPK
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