Aid to missionaries and missions

Missionaries:

Giants of faith and hope for many

The works of missionaries are an expression of Christ’s love for those who most need help. To carry the Word of God is to carry eternal life.

Pope Leo XIV invites us to support missionaries around the world

On the occasion of World Mission Day, Pope Leo XIV has addressed a profound and hopeful message to all the faithful: let us not forget the missionaries.

They are the living face of the Gospel in places where faith is put to the test, where poverty, violence, or persecution threaten life but do not extinguish hope.

From remote villages in Africa to war zones in the Middle East, missionaries bring comfort, education, food, and above all, the proclamation of Christ. Many of them live on meager resources, sustained only by Providence and the generosity of people like you.

The Pope reminds us that every gesture counts: a prayer, a donation, a word that inspires others to commit themselves to the mission.

Because the mission is not just for a few, it is for the whole Church.

On this Mission Day, join ACN and let your support reach those who give their lives for the love of God and the poorest.

Your help is a bridge of hope for missionaries who proclaim the Gospel in the most needy places.

One out of every three baptisms in the world is celebrated in Mission territories.

There are 1,109 mission territories. They extend across Africa, Asia, the islands of Oceania, and the Americas. Mission territories make up 37% of the universal Church and represent one-third of the Catholic Church. Approximately 44% of the Church’s social and educational work is carried out in mission territories. About 45.70% of humanity lives in mission territories.

A priest in the Missions serves more than twice the number of people as a priest in the Universal Church.

Fueling Dreams, Sparking Hope: Your Prayer and Swift Support Transform Lives

OUR MISSION

Through projects, ACN supports the Church in its service of prayer and action to hundreds of millions of people, providing not only a timely response to urgent needs, but also a sign of solidarity with our brothers and sisters who suffer in Christ.

Means of transportation

A motorcycle, a boat, a bicycle, even a donkey, sometimes become indispensable means to bring the Word of God to the most remote places. Future priests need vehicles for their pastoral work from the seminary: visiting the sick, caring for families without resources, caring for the elderly who live alone, teaching catechism, among others.

Training and sustainment

Every vocation must be carefully cared for, especially in the most disadvantaged countries. This involves meeting the costs of housing and living expenses during their stay in the seminary; providing scholarships and formation aids; supporting instructors and financing courses and spiritual retreats for their spiritual formation and pastoral commitment.

Construction

Future priests must have decent facilities and living conditions for their academic and spiritual formation. Seminaries have to face the reconstruction and maintenance of their buildings and the fitting out of rooms, which always implies a high cost that the center cannot afford.

A Pontifical Foundation with worldwide reach

Founded in 1947 as a Catholic aid organization for war refugees and recognized as a Pontifical Foundation since 2011, Aid to the Church in Need is dedicated to the service of Christians around the world, through information, prayer and action, wherever they are persecuted or oppressed or suffering material need

«I invite you all, together with ACN, to do a work of mercy in every part of the world.»

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Aid to the Church in Need

ACN Global Office

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+57 313 3262029

info@acn-global.org

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As a pontifical foundation, Aid to the Church in Need has a mandate to act for the benefit of the Church.