Caroline Hull
ONE NIGHT for Religious Freedom
Fundraising for Aid to the Church in Need (UK)
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Thanks for taking the time to visit ACN's JustGiving page for ONE NIGHT for Religious Freedom.
ONE NIGHT is an overnight vigil in support of Iraqi Christians. The Vigil will be held at Holy Name Church in Manchester and hosted jointly by ACN and the Jesuit Community there. There will be a full programme of Masses, speakers from the UK & Iraq and info sessions on Aid to the Church in Need & its work with persecuted Christians in Iraq and throughout the world. Between midnight and 6am Sunday morning there will be a series of Devotional Hours for suffering Christians in: Iraq (from midnight-1am); Syria (1-2am); Nigeria (2-3am); Pakistan (3-4am); Egypt (4-5am); and Ukraine (5-6am). Morning Mass at 6am will be followed by an Iraqi-themed celebration breakfast to end the vigil.For updates as our plans develop and to find out how you can watch the vigil on-line, please visit: www.acnuk.org/onenight
Donations will be accepted on the night, but for those who can't attend, but want to help ACN with its work in Iraq, we would like to offer you the chance to make a donation.
- Just £5-£10 will pay a Mass Stipend to a priest who is trying to meet the needs of his desperate parishioners in Iraq
- £25 can help to provide a child with a daily hot meal and lessons in an ACN 'pop-up' school in a refugee camp in Northern Iraq or Lebanon
- £60 can pay for a Refugee Survival Pack which provides a displaced person with food, blankets and medicine
- £100 can provide a monthly stipend for a Sister who can teach, counsel and support the thousands of displaced Iraqi families who need her help
For every £10 donated, a votive candle will be lit to burn throughout the overnight vigil. The candles will be grouped together to form a giant 'NUN', the arabic letter N and the first letter of the Arabic word for 'Christian'. This letter has become an international symbol of solidarity with the suffering Iraqi Christian community.
Please please give what you can to help us shine a light into the darkness; your gift will mean everything to an Iraqi Christian who needs your help. THANK YOU!
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