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Annual Report 2009 |
Elsewhere, donations to Catholic Mission’s work with missionaries, local churches and communities increased from $6.99 million to $7.13 million. These funds directly assist community-based projects in Asia, Africa, Oceania and the Americas. One third of donations support the work of the Church in outback Australia, particularly with Aboriginal people.
“Our prayers and thanks go out to all our donors and bequestors for their support in turning around what had been a decline in our donations in 2008,” said the National Director of Catholic Mission, Mr Martin Teulan.
“In this Year of the Priest I am particularly grateful to our priests and bishops for their wonderful support. They do great work to assist our major appeal in October for World Mission Month and as individual givers priests are extremely generous.”
Mr Teulan said the one area of fundraising he would like to improve in 2010 is Catholic Mission’s ‘Working with Church Leaders’ program, which includes the financial support Catholic Mission International gives to the formation of 77,000 seminarians in 900 seminaries around the world.
“In a country like Vietnam there are hundreds of good men waiting to join seminaries but for a lack of support. In Uganda there are devout women who can’t become novices for the same reason. The need to form the next generation of Catholic leaders is an integral part of our mission.”
Catholic Mission’s 2009 annual report highlights
• Working with Communities raised $7.13 million ( $6.99m in 2008 )
• Working with Children raised $4.73 million ( $4.517m in 2008 )
• Working with Church Leaders raised $784,978 ( $932,635 in 2008 )
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