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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…]
Pope blessed cornerstone for Bishkek
Pope Francis during his visit in Kazakhstan at 15.09.22 blessed corner stone for new church in Bishkek! We will start construction this winter.
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…]
Blessing of construction of the second building
21 October Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan Fr. Anthony Corcoran SJ and Fr. Remigiusz Kalski SJ, director of Children Rehabilitation Center at Issyk-kul lake (Kyrgyzstan), blessed construction of the second building of the Children Center 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…]