““The poor missions of the world need the comfortable to supply roofs for their churches, medicine for their hospitals, and clothes for their backs, but the comfortable need the poor in order that they may have the blessing of God in their hearts, the charity of Christ in their souls, and the intercession of the poor who are the friends of God.” – Archbishop Fulton Sheen, editorial, Mission magazine, April-May 1951”
Why build chapels?
We believe that the ultimate good for every human person is to come to know the love and mercy of God and be received into the sacramental life of the Church. A living, thriving community issues from a living, thriving Church. In many poor areas of the world. the Church is as materially poor as her people. By reaching into these communities, and providing simple, dignified places of worship in which the Church can gather, St. Bryce Mission is laying the foundation for the transformation of hearts, souls, families, communities and the whole world.
Chapel in Ificara Project
In the far outreaches of Morogoro is the missionary parish of Ificara a remote mission blessed with two young priests from the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. I recently visited this community and witnessed the great faith and outpouring of love from the people which can be summarized in the most warm welcome of Christian Charity I have ever received. St. Bryce missions wants to help this community by funding a chapel beautification process so the people can experience Holy Mass in an ever more devout way. $3,000 .
Tanzania Chapel Projects
St. Thomas Mtumbe parish in Chanika, Tanzania and its surrounding areas is a recently formed parish currently being served by missionary priest of the Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament from India. In the last three years, these faithful priests have enlivened a growing Catholic community in the parishes small village substations and baptized hundreds of children whom they are now catechizing. Existing village chapels are made of red mud and sticks and deteriorate every year when the rains come. We are building brick chapels for these communities and also providing much needed income by contracting community members themselves for the construction labor. $1,000 for Chanika Main Church Parish $25,000 each for 7 chapel projects we need to build.
Completed Chirra Island Chapel Project
Chirra is a little island in off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. It is a small, isolated community that was all but abandoned for a while. While the faith is now being cared for and stewarded by a group of missionary sisters, the island’s chapel structures show the evidence still. We are hoping to rebuild these chapels and stand in solidarity with the sisters and the community as they rebuild their faith.
St. Bryce Workers
St Bryce Missionaries go into the field to supervise many of the sponsored projects.