Pictures from Africa

Some graduates and teachers of the School of the Faith at Mongu in Zambia

Dear Friends in the Lord, At the end of June I was finally able to make it to southeastern Africa to inspect the projects supported by CANELA. We usually make these visits once a year, but the pandemic restrictions kept us away for more than two and a half years!

You will see that the School of the Faith, which we support in five Africa countries, is flourishing. Especially in Malawi, one of the poorest countries on earth: the School there has well over A THOUSAND pupils, and things are growing.

Despite considerable years working in Africa, I was distressed to see so much poverty this time. This is probably because I was in very difficult-to-get-to places. In the diocese of Karonga, for example, almost no Catholics possess Bibles: they just can’t afford them. In that same diocese, only 13% of people have regular access to electricity; I saw countless children playing soccer with rags stuffed into a plastic bag for a ball.

And yet, there is great happiness in these places, especially where people are learning more and more about their faith. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Thank YOU so much for being a part of this and please, keep supporting us with your prayers and – if possible – your means.

I am praying for you!

Father Robert CANELA

Picture after graduation Mass, Mongu, Zambia

Graduation ceremony with the Vicar General of the Diocese of Mongu, Zambia

Sister Maru is a Comboni missionary from Mexico, and leads the School of the Faith in Mongu, Zambia.

Some graduates and friends of the School of the Faith in Mongu, Zambia

Distributing toys to the little children incarcerated with their mothers at the prison in Mongu, Zambia (faces intentionally not photographed)

The leadership team of the School of the Faith in the diocese of Ndola, Zambia

Students of the School of the Faith in the diocese of Ndola, Zambia, after Mass.

Meeting with students of the School of the Faith in the diocese of Ndola, Zambia.

Father Ephrem Mulenga, director of the School of the Faith in Ndola, Zambia, in his office.

St. Francis Retreat House in the diocese of Ndola, Zambia, used for intensive courses of the School of the Faith.

Fathers John and Eric, leaders of the School of the Faith in the diocese of Solwezi, Zambia.

The leadership team of the School of the Faith in Malawi (Lake Malawi in the background)

Meeting with students of the School of the Faith in Songwe, Malawi.

Meeting with youth at the School of the Faith in Mlowe, Malawi (fishing village).

Meeting with students of the School of the Faith in Misuku, Malawi (coffee-producing area)

The Holy Bible in the Tumbuka language. The people of the diocese of Karonga have almost no access to Bibles. We are making a grant to give them access to the Bible.

Students of the School of the Faith in the far-off mountain village of Titi, Malawi.

The leadership team of the School of the Faith in the diocese of Karonga, Malawi.

Meeting with students of the School of the Faith in a small fishing village in Malawi.

Students of the School of the Faith in Malawi. Many of these people WALK over 5 miles to get to class.

Distributing toys to children in Malawi.

Distributing toys to children in Malawi.

Students of the School of the Faith in the Malawi flood plain.

Some of them walked 5 miles to be here. The village lives from the production of rice.

At the plenary assembly of the East African English-speaking bishops in Dar es Salaam.

Presenting the works of CANELA to the bishops of East Africa at their plenary assembly.

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