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Pilgrimage in Kazakhstan (August, 4 - 24 de 2007)
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In August, a youth group from our parishes in Tajikistan took part in a youth meeting held in Oziorno, Northern Kazakhstan, very close to the border with Russia. During the trip...
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Holy Week in Dushanbe
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As he has been doing for the fourth consecutive year in a row. Archbishop Josef Wesolowski visited us and presided the ceremonies during the Holy Week...
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Picnic at a natural reserve
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To celebrate Women’s International Day, the religious sisters and a group of girls visited a Natural Reserve located in the south very close to the border with Afghanistan...
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Basketball School
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Mathew, an American living and working in Dushanbe, is teaching basketball to a group of kids from the parish. They get together every Saturday...
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Legion of Mary’s Envoy visits us
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Bernardo de Nardo is an Argentine lay person who works at the Central Office of the Legion of Mary in Dublin, Ireland. He has come to visit all the dioceses and parishes in Central Asia...
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CRS visits our Parishes
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Catholic Relief Services or CRS is the Catholic Agency for Social Development of the NCCB of the USA which has been working together with Caritas Tajikistan in various projects..
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Visit to the bridge in the border with Afghanistan
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On March 8th, a holiday for International Women’s Day, we, the priests, and a group of boys went to southern Tajikistan to visit the bridge that the Government of USA is building in the border with Af...
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Patron Saint of the young vocations to the priesthood
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Blessed José Sánchez del Río is a Mexican martyr who died at the age of ten and has become the patron saint of the young...
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Skiing in Takob
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Thanks God this year we were able to bring three groups of children to ski in Takob, a Ski resort not far from Dushanbe. For many of us it was the first time so we were...
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Christmas in Dushanbe
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We had a wonderful Christmas celebration in our Parish. Our kids prepared a little skit on Christmas and the choir sang some Christmas carols. Many foreigners that live and work in Dushanbe joined us ...
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Presentation about Jesus’ Birthplace
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Our kids, with the help of the priests and sisters that work with them, made a presentation in about many places related to Christmas, i.e. the Grotto, the Basilica of Bethlehem, the Shepherd’s Grotto...
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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
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On December 8th we celebrated the Virgin’s day and also the 16th anniversary of Fr. Carlos Avila ordination to the priesthood, ten of which he spent in Tajikistan. We also celebrated...
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A special celebration
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A year ago Fr. Lopez started to work more “intensely” with a group of kids who had manifested their desire to become priests...
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Last two performances of our Children Choir Saint Joseph.
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Our Children Choir had it last two performances for the current year...
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First Parish mission carried out by IVE priests in Central Asia.
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From August 18th to 19th a parish mission was carried out in our parish in Chimkent, Kazakhstan, by the IVE priests and religious who live and work in Tajikistan...
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