Catholic World Mission
in India
The Children of India
We are called to serve the least of these, the littlest of souls, and the strongest of faith. Here at Catholic World Mission we value life with the utmost dignity striving to be movers and shakers in the world by providing basic needs. We invite you to learn more about the children we are helping in India by reading their stories below
Dudhani
a Dining Hall for Dudhani
Complete!
Dudhani is home to 272 children who live there year round. This hostel has had no proper dining hall, and the children have been eating off the ground for years, until now. With your help we have built a dining hall for them, and were able to sponsor healthier meals for the children year round.
The children are left at Dudhani for most of the year, and go home to see their parents only once. Their parents work long hours and entrust their children to the missionary priests of St. Francis Xavier because they will get better care in school, and it prevents them from "roaming with the cows" in their free time which is very dangerous for them to do. "Roaming with the cows," means that the children go off into the woods to look for basic needs, the priests and Catholic World Mission want to give them a safe place to be where all their basic needs met.
Kitchen Construction:
June 2015:
Archbishop Filipe Neri came to bless the dining hall and kitchen for the children as well as say Mass on the feast of Our Lady of the Hills! 20,000 people came from all over the community to celebrate the build of the dining hall and kitchen for the children. It was a joyous occasion. Mass was held, the facility was blessed as well as many children. Everyone also climbed "the hill" that day. The hill is where many people saw an apparition of Our Lady, and have since climbed the hill on her feast day every year. The children of Dudhani often pray the rosary on the top of the hill, and many people have experienced healing there. It was a blessed occasion for all.
a Christmas Celebration
Instruments of Prayer
In Dudhani, India Christmas was celebrated with Fr. Tony - the caretaker for the children. He dressed as an American Santa. To celebrate the birth of Christ the children went carolling and sang traditional Christmas songs. There was much joy that day, the children were well fed, and there was lots of laughter. (Largely due to Fr. Tony's costume!)
Christ's mother Mary is a powerful intercessor. Sisters of Franciscan Hospitallers of Christ the King pass out rosaries to the girls and boys from both the childrens hostel, and high school hostel. 424 rosaries were donated for the children to carry instruments of prayer. In a country where Christians are being oppressed, instruments of faith are very meaningful.
In Veluganv, Fr. Pavin runs a hostel for young girls and boys who would otherwise be on the streets. Their parents work most of the year, and have no one to take care of them otherwise. You recently helped donate a jeepney to this remote village. To have reliable transportation means the world to the children in Veluganv, which is 12 miles from the nearest hospital on unpaved, rough roads.
a Jeep for Veluganv
