Website - Camillians in India

The Order of the Ministers of the Sick, popularly known as Camillians, began their work in India in 1980, when Fr. Antonio Crotti received the permission to begin formation work in Mananthavady diocese in Kerala.

Website - Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Brunei

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is one of just three parishes in the tiny sultanate of Brunei, on Borneo Island.

Website - Godavari Alumni Association

The Godavari Alumni Association is one of Nepal’s first non-state, not for profit organization.

Website - Jesuits in Pakistan

The Jesuits in Pakistan lack personnel, but “we still continue to serve … (because) for us, frontiers and boundaries are not obstacles … they are new hopes to be reached, new opportunities to be welcomed, new challenges to be faced”.

CIOMAL in Cambodia

CIOMAL was founded in Geneva in 1958 to coordinate the Order of Malta’s fight against leprosy. The work continues now in South-East Asia and South American countries, such as in Cambodia.

Burma: Light and hope amid brutality

Women religious … represent one of the many bright spots of the Catholic presence in Burma. But all too often repression at the hands of a brutal dictatorship obscures these rays of light and hope. (National Catholic Reporter)

Safe harbor in an unpredictable world

Knowing Japanese troops had caused the deaths of her father’s parents and siblings in World War II, Japan was about the last place Ha Thi Thanh Nga expected to end up. Today — some 30 years after arriving here as a refugee — Nga, 49, is helping other compatriots make lives for themselves here. (Jane Singer, The Japan Times)

Prison Ministry in Kajang, Malaysia

The Catholic Prison Ministry was formed in the Church of the Holy Family in 1985 immediately after the Penjara Kajang prison facility was moved to the district from its previous location in Kuala Lumpur.

Catholic AIDS Response Effort

The Catholic AIDS Relief Effort, known as CARE, is a lay ministry under the jurisdiction of the Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore, aiming to provide direct care and support to people living with HIV and AIDS.

Single Indonesian mums draw on communal strength

An Indonesian woman who was raped and later gave birth to a son says she has managed to rebuild her life after joining a single mother community started by Good Shepherd nuns. (Konradus Mangu, ucanews.com)
“When I firstly joined the community and told other members the difficult situation I was in, I realized I was not [...]

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