This year’s St. Anselm’s Lent Charity is Nasarean.org, a charity founded by Fr. Benedict Kiely, an associate priest in our parish. Do visit the website to learn more about the wonderful work this charity does to support the persecuted church in the Middle East.
Via the charity Father Benedict Kiely devotes his life to advocacy on behalf of the persecuted church, especially in Syria and Iraq where the horrors unleashed by extremist Islam has caused devastation on a terrible scale. His work includes writing and speaking and fund raising as well as working with governmental organisations and others of goodwill who are seeking to help the suffering Church.
The charity has worked to rebuild shattered homes and businesses and enable Persecuted Christians to receive priority for immigration as victims of Genocide. Father Ben has visited Iraq on multiple occasions since early 2015 and is working hard to establish relationships in Syria.
Please give generously to help our Catholic family who are suffering so much for their faith in Jesus Christ. The charity is based in America, where Father Benedict lived until recently, but a UK branch is in the process of being established. And I am honoured to have been asked to serve on it as a trustee. Helping the persecuted church is close to my heart.
