Project of the Month - July 2024 - Help build a parish church in Indonesia
Indonesia, with 272 million people, is the world's most populous Muslim nation. However, the religious composition of the population varies by location; for example, the island of Flores is predominantly Catholic.
The Compang parish, located in the west of Flores island, was established in 2017 and now has approximately 7800 Catholic faithful, their numbers growing annually. This is a very active parish, with large attendance at the Holy Mass and the faithful has a genuine desire to live out their faith daily.
However, the make-shift church can no longer sustain their fast growing parish. Currently, Holy Mass and Adoration is celebrated in an overcrowded hall, which makes it quite unsuitable for the house of God.
The parishioners are longing for a proper church to be built. They started to gather building materials such as wood and stones and tried to raise funds to fulfill their dream. However, since the majority of the parishioners are poor farmers, this is a very difficult task. Living in poverty themselves, it is impossible for them to raise $48,433.00 to build a new church.
As their parish priest, Father Flrianus Suyanto turned to us for help. We cannot possibly disappoint him and his parishioners.
We have set our goal in Australia and New Zealand to help them raise $8,000 towards the construction of this long-awaited parish church. Will you help us?
Thank you to all the generous benefactors who has given to this project. We are pleased to let you know that our goal of $8,000 has been reached.
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