PIME Missionary Fr. Raul Bonte Có works in the Amazon in Brazil. His parish, Our Lady of Navigators, is located at the mouth of the Amazon river among hundreds of islands. The parish encompasses about 20,000 people in 121 villages and the riverbanks are populated with shacks of the people who are just getting by. Descended from the ancient inhabitants of this region with a past of almost slavery-like conditions at the hands of large traders, more recently the people created popular movements to reclaim their lands. Fr. Raul explains that in this remote and harsh environment, they must go out and meet the people where they are and not wait for them to come to Church. For this purpose, Fr. Raul requested assistance for $16,512 from the PIME USA Mission Center to support the annual pastoral outreach done by their community coordinators. Can you help bring Christ to those most in need along the Amazon?
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