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With your help, special needs students receive vocational training in Mbarara, Uganda.

Propagation of the Faith

The Work of Your Hands in the Missions

Friday, May 15, 2026Faith

Imagine if it were your hands that changed a life forever.

Imagine if there were people in ministry at this very moment because of you.

If you are a donor to The Society of St. Peter Apostle, helping to educate future priests and religious sisters in the missions, you don't have to imagine -- it is true.

Since its establishment in 1888 in France by mother and daughter team Jeanne and Stephanie Bigard, The Society of St. Peter Apostle, "brother" Society to the Propagation of the Faith, has been the work of your hands as you make the Catholic ministry of local priests and religious in the missions possible in some of the most desperate places in the world.

Your generosity allows the hands of a local priest in Shimulia, Bangladesh -- Father Dominic Rozario -- to reach 45 children with food, education, and shelter at the Saint Anthony Mission Center. The Society of St. Peter Apostle provided funding for his seminary training with a $700 annual scholarship. Father Dominic now spends his priestly years in outreach to migrant workers, who are among the most vulnerable people in Bangladesh.

With support from the work of your hands, special needs students of Mbarara, Uganda, turn to religious sisters for vocational training. With limited educational resources available, these children have few opportunities to become productive members of God's family. Sister Flora and others like her, with help from The Society of St. Peter the Apostle, said "YES!" to God's call. The Sisters provide a safe, nurturing environment for these students who learn to use machines that make knitted goods for local schools' uniforms.

Seminaries for future priests and formation houses for Sisters are vital places wherever they may be. In mission lands, however, they are essential for the future leadership of the Church and the spiritual care of the poor.

With your sacrifice, you provide a loving hand to our Church's houses of formation around the world. In some cases, you are providing running water and electricity -- the most basic of needs.

The Society of St. Peter the Apostle provides a $700 per year scholarship for each young man in mission seminaries. There are similar expenses for religious brothers and sisters. A donation of $60 provides a month's formation. Would you consider making such a gift -- a year's, a month's, or a week's direct support?

Every gift from your hands to theirs makes a difference and is prayerfully, gratefully received. To give online, go to www.propfaithboston.org.

- Maureen Crowley Heil is Director of Programs and Development for the Pontifical Mission Societies, Boston.