Sister Mary is providing essential care to women and children

Deep in the heart of Uganda, bringing life into the world is often fraught with danger. Evas was 23 years old when she lost her baby boy. Going into labour, her only option to reach the nearest health facility was to ride on the back of a motorbike. Filled with intense fear, Evas’ dream of becoming a mother soon became her worst nightmare. The two-hour journey proved too much, and tragically, two days later, her baby boy was gone.Sister Mary Goretti, a Daughter of Mary, has been running the St Luke Bujuni Health Centre for the past two years. Being the most affordable health centre with a maternity ward in the region, St Luke’s has seen an influx of high risk pregnancies among the many expectant mothers. Sister Mary and her staff are all trained medical professionals, working tirelessly to provide for the many women and children facing dire situations. Yet they are vastly under-resourced.Sister Mary knows that tragedies, like Evas’, can be avoided. To help ensure that expectant mothers and their babies no longer lose their lives prematurely,

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St Luke’s desperately needs to expand the maternity ward, build a new children’s ward and provide an ambulance for mothers, children and others in critical need.Please support women and children’s health through Jesus’ life-giving mission today by helping missionaries like Sister Mary reach out and give life.

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Loving God,St Luke was animated by Your love in faithfully writing

about the genuine compassion Jesus showed for all people through His healing ministry.

We pray for the staff at St Luke Bujuni Health Centre, that they may continue to have the same love, compassion and care for their patients modelled on the example

of Jesus who treated everyone He encountered with respect and dignity.

We ask that the families who come to the clinic seeking tobe cured from the pain of both body and spirit are strengthened as You hold

them ever so lovingly in the palm of Your hand.We offer this prayer to You our Loving

Creator, through our Saviour Jesus Christ and

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by the Grace of the Holy Spirit.Amen.

Please join in Jesus’ life-giving mission and support women and children’s health in Uganda and all around the world through your prayers and financial gifts today

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Below are some examples of how you can join in the mission of Jesus and help missionaries, like Sister Mary, reach out and give life to women and children in Uganda and all around the world.*

TAX-DEDUCTIBLE SINGLE GIFTS

is my contribution towards building a

convent where religious sisters like Sister Mary can live, eat, pray and reflect while they take a break from their vital work, including their work for mothers and babies. The total cost of building a convent is $34,800.

covers the salary of a midwife for

six months. Midwives are critical to ensure the safe delivery of babies and the sustained health outcomes of new mothers and their babies.

*These gifts are representative of the types of projects your donation will support. Every gift is extremely valuable and we appreciate whatever gift you are able to give today. Any extra funds raised above the total project costs will support other similar Catholic Mission projects in Uganda and around the world.

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