The island nation of Indonesia, with its population of 272 million, is the most populous Muslim nation in the world. However, the religious make-up of the population varies from place to place, so that the island of Flores, for example, is mainly Catholic.
The parish of Copang, in the west of Flores, was established in 2017 and today has a population of over 7800 Catholic faithful, their numbers growing annually. This is a very lively parish, Holy Mass is well attended and the people genuinely strive to live their faith in everyday life as well.
The parish has a problem, however, in that as yet there is no parish church. So for the present, Holy Mass and adoration have to take place in a hall that is far too small, above all for the well attended Sunday Masses, and in any case is quite unsuitable as a house of God.
The faithful are longing for a proper church of their own and have already started gathering stone and wood and collecting money so as to be able to fulfil their dream. But most of them are basically small farmers and already live from hand to mouth, so that there is no way they will be able by themselves to save up the funds they need for a new church..
Father Florianus Suyanto, their parish priest, has therefore turned to us. We cannot possibly disappoint him and his parishioners, and so we have already promised them 30,000 Euros towards the construction of this long-awaited parish church. Will you help us?
Code: 318-01-19