Activity Report 2024

Training of priests and religious

The choir of St Augustine’s Seminary in Peramiho, Tanzania.

The theological training and qualification of seminarians has

generosity of our benefactors, we were able to fund a total of 9,961 seminarians in 2024. The continuing education of God’s servants is also an important con- cern to us. During the reporting year, we sponsored the continuing education of priests, who themselves will train seminarians and thus maintain the qualitative level of priestly formation in their home countries over the long term.

always been an important focus of our aid. After all, future priests will ultimately be spiritual pillars and safeguard sacra- mental life. Therefore, our educational assistance mainly flows into countries where the suitable and continuous training of future priests is endangered or is not adequately ensured due to pov- erty, war or persecution. Thanks to the

» Scholarships are the seed which we hope will yield ripe fruit for the Church. «

In 2024, we were also able to award 282 scholarships to priests who, for example, are pursuing a doctorate or an additional course of study. In terms of continental distribution, 41% of our scholarship holders came from Africa, 44% from Asia, 13% from Latin America and 2% from Eastern Europe.

The Mother Superior of the Poor Sisters of St Joseph in Buenos Aires, Dominican Republic.

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