America

• 30 September 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Week of the Family, 3 - 10 October: help every family make the home a “little church” and take the crucifix as the main sign of its faith Santiago (Fides Service) - The Church in Chile is preparing to live the Week of the Family 3 to 10 October with the theme “He loved us to the end" (Jn 3,16), organised by the National Commission for Family Pastoral of ...
• 30 September 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Prayers, festivities, sharing, testimony: 16 October Eucharist Day for Youth in Americas Square in Guadalajara Mexico City (Fides Service) - As the date of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress approaches (10-17 October) last minute touches are being given to initiatives and preparations. According to the organising committ ...
• 28 September 2004
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 2nd Assembly of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists 29 in Cochabamba Cochabamba (Fides Service) - The 2nd Assembly International Association of Catholic Missiologists IACM will start on Wednesday 29 September in Cochabamba, Bolivia, at the Salesian Fatima Centre. The first part of the Ass ...
• 27 September 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 50 Congregations of men and women religious in Peru take part in 1st National Mission Exhibition : “In Peru today…Mission is alive!” Lima (Fides Service) - As part of celebrations and initiatives for World Mission Day 25 October, the National Mission Centre of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference has organised the first ever National Mission Exhibition ...
• 27 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - How to make “Christian hope” credible in the context of conflict in Colombia: theme for discussion at 9th National Theology Congress 7 to 9 October Bogota (Fides Service) - “Reflect on Christian hope from the theological and pastoral point of view in the present context of conflict in Colombia and to offer guidelines for activity to promote the Christian experienc ...
• 24 September 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Initiatives for the Month of the Bible include “Exhibition of the Christian Book”: the smallest Bible in the world among the books on show Lima (Fides Service) - As part of the “Month of the Bible 2004” 31 August to 3 October, the Office for Catechesis, Biblical Pastoral and Pastoral Care of Indigenous Peoples of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference has ...
• 24 September 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In harmony with the Church's annual Brotherhood Campaign, Mission Campaign 2004 focuses on brotherhood and water: “the right to water and respect for creation calls for brotherhood and human solidarity” Brasilia (Fides Service) - For the Pontifical Mission Societies and the whole of the Church in Brazil and the world over, the annual Mission Campaign for the month of October, which has its climax on World Mission Day th ...
• 24 September 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Death toll continues to rise after tropical storm in Haiti: Caritas present with aid and assistance for stricken people all over the island. Port de Paix (Fides Service) - “Yet another calamity, on a scene of poverty, precariousness, social unbalances” Jean Lucien, of Caritas Haiti said in a statement sent to Fides. Jean has just returned from Gonaïves, ...
• 23 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Mass leads to Mission”: October mission month celebrations in Colombia in harmony with the now imminent International Eucharistic Congress in Mexico Bogota (Fides Service) - As every year the Church in Colombia is about to begin celebrations for the mission month of October which will have its climax on Mission Sunday 24 October, a day marked by the Church all over ...
• 22 September 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 4th annual campaign “Springtime for Life”, promoted by the Ecumenical Co-ordination Service CESE: to care for youth today means to invest in their present and in their future and the future of the nation San Salvador (Fides Service) - “Youth and Peace” is the theme of the 4th edition of the Springtime for Life campaign, promoted every year throughout Brazil by the Ecumenical Service of Coordination CESE. The objectiv ...
• 21 September 2004
  AMERICA - Franciscans the world over mobilised for the United Nation’s International Day for Peace New York (Fides Service) - Franciscan the world over are trying to increase awareness with regard to peace and to build a world of more justice and solidarity in view of the International Day for Peace instituted by the ...
• 21 September 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Another emergency in Haiti: Caritas appeals for help after tropical tempest Port de Paix (Fides Service) - “The tropical storm ‘Jeanne’ struck mainly the north eastern part of the country. The highest number of persons killed and the greatest damages are reported in the areas of Gonaives, ...
• 17 September 2004
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "People in Zamora hunger for God but missionaries, churches and structures are scarce,” Bishop Fausto G. Trávez, Vicar Apostolic of Zamora told Fides Rome (Fides Service) - Ecuadorian Bishop, Mgr Fausto G. Travez Travez, OFM, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Zamora on 14 January last year, 2003, is one of a group of Bishops taking part in a seminary in Rome organised by t ...
• 17 September 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Reflecting with young people on the missionary nature of the Church: Bishops of Brazil call Catholic youth to National Meeting on Youth Mission and Parish Missions Brasilia (Fides Service) - Young people, local Church leaders and missionaries will come together for a National Meeting on Youth Mission and Parish Missions 8 to 11 October at the Dom Fernando Gomes pastoral centre at G ...
• 17 September 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - World Mission Sunday 2004: theme chosen “Eucharist and Mission” in harmony with a national Eucharistic Congress in Corrientes and the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara and the Pope’s message Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “In harmony with the national Eucharistic Congress in Corrientes 2 to 5 September and the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara Mexico, 10-17 October, for all our activities t ...