Bringing Christ “to a place of new evangelisation and engage in pastoral outreach for a group of Christians neglected in past years” in Bangladesh is the new challenge for the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, who are linked to the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME). Last Sunday, feast day of Christ the King, the congregation inaugurated a new house in the Diocese of Mymensingh, home mostly to tribal people, said Sr Annamaria Panza, provincial councilor.
As reported by Asia news, Sr Annamaria Panza said, “We opened a new community in Dhairpara, a village where the local clergy came on rare occasions because of the geographical distance and lack of time. A great challenge awaits us: become stronger in the faith and create a sense of Christian community.”
The nuns accepted the proposal of the local bishop, Mgr Ponen Paul Kubi, who called for a new Christian presence. The choice fell on a section of St John parish, which has just over 3,000 members. The bishop set up temporary housing for the first three sisters of the congregation, who will be joined by another one in January. The sisters were convinced of the need to open a new mission by “the possibility of going to the remotest villages where no missionary had ever been in order to bring the message of Christ to a place of new evangelization.”
Source: www.asianews.it
