"Welcome" in Sylhet, Bangladesh

On his arrival in the Diocese of Sylhet in Bangladesh on January 19, National Director Father Andrew Small, OMI was greeted in song by Missionaries of Charity Sisters. The Sisters serve in De Mazenod Church in Khadim Nagar. The third oldest parish in the diocese, it is the first founded by the Oblate missionaries, Father Andrew's Religious Community. The parish offers education, as well as social and pastoral services to the poor and needy tea estate workers. The Missionaries of Charity Sisters have been running a home for poor orphan children and the sick of the area since 1975, the year De Mazenod parish was established. Seven Sisters care hundreds of sick, including 50 resident patients. In Bangladesh, these Sisters also run a dozen other such centers.
"I bring you the love and friendship of Catholics in the United States," Father Andrew told the Sisters, adding, "What a great job you are doing carrying God's love as a missionary!"

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