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Keeping the Faith in the Amazon: The São Francisco Mission and the Indigenous Munduruku People
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Keeping the Faith in the Amazon: The São Francisco Mission and the Indigenous Munduruku People

By USDP|2025-03-04T13:05:46-05:00February 27th, 2025|Human Dignity, Pastoral Work|

The Franciscan Mission Serving the Munduruku For over a century, Franciscan friars have walked alongside the Munduruku people in the Brazilian Amazon, serving [...]

Faith in Action: A Community’s Journey to Complete the San Vicente Church in the Philippines

By USDP|2025-02-24T11:26:26-05:00October 15th, 2024|Pastoral Work|

In a place where faith often meets challenge, Br. Rolando K. Abas, OFM, set out to renovate the San Vicente Quasi-Parish Church in Balo-i, [...]

St. Bonaventure Church in Tanzania

By Andrew Brophy|2025-02-24T11:52:12-05:00July 31st, 2018|Pastoral Work|

St. Bonaventure Catholic Church rises above the boulders and trees. Just southeast of Lake Victoria and Mwanza, Tanzania, a beautiful, multistory structure stands surrounded [...]