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Today, we ask if you can, to make a donation to help fund the construction of the Holy Cross Seminary Dining Hall and Kitchen, a project at Tokutoana in Oti Region of Ghana.

The Seminary was established in 2016 to provide quality education to prepare young men for priesthood. The seminary is run by Fr. Patrick Aberor and approximately 100 students attend each year. Due to the number of students and size of school, its capacity is at a tipping point. Since the Seminary plays a very important role in the village, expanding the facility would have an immediate positive impact on the student and the local village.

Due to limited space at the seminary, there is an urgent need to expand the facility include a new kitchen and dining hall. It will provide a safe structure for the young men preparing for priesthood, to dine in before and after class.

We must continue to pray and be thankful! 2021 looks to be equally challenging but there is no doubt in our minds that we will be able to accomplish more than we did last year. Jesus never turned our back on others, especially now during these difficult times.

Making solid commitments through charitable gifts towards our ministry to increase funds that will be sent to help the young men preparing for priesthood will play a huge part in seminary expansion.

Thank you. May the Good Lord bless and keep you.

Jeanne Bigard and her mother, Stephanie, had suffered from personal tragedies – the father had committed suicide and her brother was accidentally burnt to death. Both became virtual recluses, living almost as hermits. They turned to good works and became interested in making altar linen and vestments for missionaries in Japan.

Made aware of their interest, Fr. Villion, who was stationed in Japan, approached them in 1888. From Kyoto in Japan, he asked them for assistance in building a church. Although very wealthy, they were also very careful with money. Ultimately, they sold some land and a factory and gave 50,000 francs which enabled Fr. Villion to build his church.

In 1889, a French Bishop of Nagasaki, Jules-Alphonse Cousin, suggested to the Bigards that they might consider supporting boys in Japan to train for the Priesthood. Thus, was born the idea of a general society to promote indigenous clergy throughout the world. The Bigards donated to the new society the whole of their considerable fortune. Approved by the Pope in 1890, it too became a Pontifical Mission Society in 1922.

The Society of St. Peter the Apostle trains young men and women in their own country and culture to serve their people as religious Sisters, Brothers, or Priests. Also assisted are in their formation and training are those catechists who have been chosen to be the teachers and mentors of the catechists in their country.

Today, we ask if you can, to make a donation to help fund the construction of the Holy Cross Seminary Dining Hall and Kitchen, a project at Tokutoana in Oti Region of Ghana.

The Seminary was established in 2016 to provide quality education to prepare young men for priesthood. The seminary is run by Fr. Patrick Aberor and approximately 100 students attend each year. Due to the number of students and size of school, its capacity is at a tipping point. Since the Seminary plays a very important role in the village, expanding the facility would have an immediate positive impact on the student and the local village.

Due to limited space at the seminary, there is an urgent need to expand the facility include a new kitchen and dining hall. It will provide a safe structure for the young men preparing for priesthood, to dine in before and after class.

We must continue to pray and be thankful! 2021 looks to be equally challenging but there is no doubt in our minds that we will be able to accomplish more than we did last year. Jesus never turned our back on others, especially now during these difficult times.

Making solid commitments through charitable gifts towards our ministry to increase funds that will be sent to help the young men preparing for priesthood will play a huge part in seminary expansion.

Thank you. May the Good Lord bless and keep you.