Help for the Training of 45 Future Priests in Colombia
Monday, August 29, 2016

Can you help us fund the training of these future priests in Colombia? You can be sure that all the seminarians in Cúcuma regularly pray for all the generous benefactors who have helped them on their journey to the priesthood.

“We thank the Lord for the fact that during this time he has blessed us with numerous vocations, and also with individuals and associations that have helped us both spiritually and materially.”

These were the words of Father José Abel Sierra Parra in a letter to ACN. Father Parra is rector of a seminary in the Diocese of Cúcuta in the far northeast of Colombia, on the frontier with Venezuela. This year there has been a special reason for joy, since the local diocesan seminary is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding.  

Currently there are 49 young men in the seminary training to serve as priests at the altar of the Lord. Most of them are from poor families who have almost no material means to help their sons on this path. This is why the seminary needs outside help to cover the cost of training these future priests.

It is also the heartfelt wish of the new Bishop, Victor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid, that these young men be supported and helped in their vocation. He knows the seminary very well and wants to promote priestly vocations in his diocese even more than before.

Bishop Cadavid has turned to ACN, asking us to help support the training of his seminarians, and we have promised him $13,800 for this year, so that no priestly vocation need be lost simply for lack of money.

Can you help us keep this promise to help fund the training of these future priests in Colombia? You can be sure that all the seminarians in Cúcuma regularly pray for all the generous benefactors who have helped them on their journey to the priesthood.

Progress: 4% Raised: $ 600     Goal: $ 13800

Code: 214-04-79

Return to Projects in Need

Aid to the Church in Need commits to invest your funds where they will have the greatest impact for the Church that we serve. Funds donated to Aid to the Church in Need’s projects will be used towards the greatest need in our programs to help keep the Faith alive.