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Kyrgyzstan: Educational Prospects of the Jesuit Mission

During October 24-26 in Bishkek, a working meeting was held at the Jesuit institution to explore opportunities for the Society to become more involved in educational activities in Kyrgyzstan. Apart from local Jesuits, The Provincial Delegate for Education Paweł Brożyniak SJ attended the meeting, as well as a former director of a school in Kosovo … [Read more…]
KIRGHIZSTAN – The project for the construction of the first Catholic cathedral has been presented

Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – Kyrgyzstan will soon have its first Catholic cathedral. The religious building will rise in the heart of the capital Bishkek, and its first stone has already been blessed by Pope Francis. Construction work will begin in the coming winter months, and the project – presented at a press conference held in … [Read more…]
The Catholic Community and Coronavirus in Kyrgyzstan 2020

The Catholic Church and Covid-19 in Kyrgyzstan: Searching to share the Light of Christ in our time The ongoing crisis unleashed by the appearance and spread of Corona virus has seriously affected the society in Kyrgyzstan. Numbers of those infected remain largely unknown, since a significant portion of the infected population has not been tested … [Read more…]
Caritas Kyrgyzstan’s main thrust – charity and education

By Robin Gomes Caritas Kyrgyzstan is a new member of Caritas Internationalis (CI), the global federation of over 160 national Catholic charities under the bishops’ conferences worldwide. Caritas reaches out to the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded, regardless of race or religion, in order to build a more inclusive world based on justice and … [Read more…]
Beyond European borders: a small community of one thousand Catholics in Kyrgyzstan

Sarah Numico Three parish churches in three different parts of the Country (Bishkek, Jalal-Abad and Talas), a few Franciscan nuns and six priests: two Poles a Slovenian, two natives, sons and daughters of families exiled to Kazakhstan by Stalin in 1941, where they were raised and entered the priesthood, along with Jesuit Fr Anthony Corcoran … [Read more…]