For decades, CNEWA has worked with Egypt’s Catholic and Coptic Orthodox churches to bridge the gap between the nation’s Christian and dominant Muslim communities. Support includes:

• Activities focusing on the marginalized, including support for those with special needs, such as the Santa Lucia School for the Blind in Abou Kir; displaced families, including Eritrean and Sudanese refugees; and families who, uprooted from their villages and lacking education, settle illegally in Cairo’s suburbs and survive by collecting garbage
• The formation of priests at St. Leo’s Patriarchal Seminary and of religious men and women, including the Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Proper formation is imperative so those charged with serving in difficult and dangerous environments take on these challenges with prayer and love
• Help for communities, such as the Coptic Orthodox Eparchy of Port Said, to care for children from broken families
• Restoration of churches, schools and institutions and reanimation of programs devastated by acts of violence

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