155 Gift shop and the Marian Helpers Center to purchase materials related to The Divine Mercy. Divine Mercy Activities in Kibeho, Rwanda; Cameroon; and the Phillipines At the request of the local Bishop in Rwanda, the Marians were invited to build a Marian and Divine Mercy Formation Center, in Kibeho, Rwanda. Through the vision of Fr. Leszek Czeluśniak, MIC and the cooperation and support of the Marians and the members of the Association of Marian Helpers in the U.S., this project, is almost completed. A formation house and a pilgrim house are being completed through the generosity of an American benefactor, Joseph Risi. The Center is bringing the healing message of The Divine Mercy to people who suffered greatly ten years ago in a violent inter-tribal war. The donation by Oscar Delgato, an American benefactor, of an 18-foot (5.5m) bronze statue of the Merciful Jesus which has been placed on a hilltop overlooking the site of the fi rst approved Marian apparition in Kibeho, Rwanda, has created a powerful means of Divine Mercy evangelization. In Cameroon, under the guidance of Fr. Francis Filipiec, MIC, the message of The Divine Mercy is being promulgated through dramatic presentations, missions and conferences reaching tens of thousands. The Marian Helpers Center in the U.S. is assisting in this apostolate. In the Philippines, two centers of promotion were established in 2008; one in Mindanao through its shrine and the other in Manila. The Manila center, in the planning stages of development, will have an outreach to all of Asia. The Marians, through their own shrines such as those located in Poland (Lichen), Brazil (Curitiba) and England (Fawley Court), have special devotions to The Divine Mercy. Other major shrines of the world such as the ones in Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe in Mexico, Rome, the Basilica in Washington, D.C., Medjugorje and the Holy Land carry in their bookstores and gift shops materials on the Divine Mercy. These materials in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Polish are most frequently produced by the Marians. The Marian Prayer Line The Marian Prayer Line, a ministry of the Marian Helpers Centers in the U.S., has served more than 120,000 callers (annual average of the last several years) and is yet another means by which the message of Mercy reaches out to the thousands who are in need of spiritual assistance, consolation and healing.
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