Some fascinating foreign missionaries are in the Archdiocese, speaking about their international work and seeking your prayerful and financial support.  

 
Father Martin Ochayo Lino from Juba, Sudan, is working with displaced persons who return home to find nothing there. He trains facilitators to help them with their emotional and physical needs. He is at Immaculate Conception Parish, Vancouver, until Jul. 3 and is preaching at Precious Blood Parish, Surrey from Aug. 25-26.

Bishop Lawrence Subrato has two orphanages in Bangladesh and will be at Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver from Aug. 25-26 and All Saints Parish, Coquitlam from Sept. 8-9.  

The Archdiocese will have a special collection for the crisis in West Africa on Sunday, Jul. 22. To learn more about the emergency appeal in the Sahel region, visit the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) website and the Development and Peace website.  

You are invited to come and celebrate the 10 Year Anniversary of Days in the Diocese and World Youth Day 2002 on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Good Shepherd Church, Surrey.  It will be a great opportunity to give thanks for the fruits of World Youth Days.