Catholic Sisters’ Host Project in Ghana Receives Boost from Pontifical Aid Agency

“The Sisters turned to ACN for help and, thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, we did not disappoint them,” the leadership of the Pontifical aid agency reports, adding that the Sisters have been awarded 21,000.00 Euros to purchase a modern machinery.

With the new machine, ACN projects, the members of HHCJ involved in the host-making project will produce a higher number of hosts to match the growing number of Catholics in the region.

Additionally, the Sisters will work in a safer environment.

“It also means more money available to provide a better formation for the young aspirants and postulants. Sister Christina, the novice mistresses, has expressed her heartfelt thanks to all our benefactors and writes,” ACN leadership has reported.

ACN leadership further reports that the Sisters’ Congregation is attracting many new vocations, especially in Ghana, and as a result a house for Novices belonging to the Religious Order was built in 1983 in the country’s Diocese of Sunyani. It is here that the Sisters provide formation for those who eventually their first vows to become members of HHCJ.

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The sisters have been drawn to different money-making projects to sustain their evangelization ministry, ACN leadership notes, adding that HHCJ members engage in these activities to provide services to the Church.

“Obviously, it is important to provide these Sisters with the best possible formation, but on account of the difficult economic situation it is not easy for a young native Congregation to provide the necessary financial resources to achieve this,” the charity organization reports, adding that to help cover their costs, the Sisters make hosts for several of the Dioceses in the country.

“At the same time, they see this as a service to the Church and as part of their apostolate, for clearly, without hosts there is no Eucharist,” ACN leadership says in reference to HHCJ members.

Members of the Religious Order founded in Nigeria also work in healthcare and education, caring for the poor and disadvantaged and especially for women and girls.

The leadership of ACN reports that the Sisters also work in various other social and pastoral fields.