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Heavenly Father, through Our Lady Queen of Peace,
We pray for Russia:
Complete the good work You have begun there.
Convert it and bring peace to the world.

Mission Update

Our Lady told us, by way of the little shepherd children of Fatima, that peace would come to the world through the conversion of Russia. Yet of all the mission fields in the world, it is sad to see how little support the Church in Russia receives. Even the Vatican is unable to help very much as relations are so delicate between the Roman Church and the Orthodox. Yet one can see why it is that Mary has such a special concern for Russia. The Church and the people of Russia have suffered so much in the seventy years of Communism and the young there know so little of the love and mercy of God which would bring them such consolation and strength to face the many, many difficulties of living in a former communist country. The very few priests there are truly heroic, not to mention so many of the parishioners who travel huge distances in the freezing cold, often on rickety, unheated busses to attend Mass. Even though Communism has come to an end and the Church is finally able to continue the work of saving souls without fear of imprisonment or death at the hands of the Soviets, the Church there is still suffering in many ways.

Precious Life Missions was started to help in the work of bringing souls to Christ through providing small books on the Catholic Faith to those who are working in countries where the faith is so badly needed. There are very few books on the Faith in Russia and even fewer for children. Of course, prayer is the main thing, but we also hope that God has a plan for these books. With the help of a wonderful Catholic Foundation, we were able to print both a small abridged version of Fr. McLean Cummings’ homilies and our children’s sacrament book in Russian and are very grateful to God for how He has blessed our small efforts.

We’ve heard from the mission in Vladivostok that both these books are being used for catechesis, not only in Vladivostok but in many parishes in Eastern Russia - all the way over to the border of China. Through the donations of many generous souls, we have been able to send boxes of books to parishes in Kursk, Gvardeisk, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Siberia, as well as to orphanages and missionary orders such as the Community of St. John who have an apostolate for children in Southern Russia. Many of the children there have no home or are in households destroyed by alcoholism, so the sisters in the little village of Naltchik have become like family to them. A wonderful African priest who is working in Russia, helped us to send boxes of books to the Catechetical offices of all four Russian Dioceses, to Kaliningrad, Irkutsk, Saratov, Novosibirsky.

The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara, have convents in each of the Russian Dioceses and have been wonderful about distributing our books there. They have built a new church in the village of Kazan which is the home of their first Russian vocation, Sister Mary Radcoscy. She is now the Provential Mother Superior of their order and we were very blessed to meet her when she was in the United States two summers ago to speak during some Propagation of the Faith Mission Appeals. Their work touches a great number of souls as many of the faithful travel to the Shrine of Our Lady of Kazan, where their Mother House is located.
We would be so grateful for your prayers for this apostolate, that our books will touch many hearts. The donations we receive from our English books allow us to send boxes of books to Russia and are so greatly appreciated.

If you are able to make a donation for this work, you will receive a copy of both these small books in English, which we pray will be a blessing for your own family as well. The children's book, The Little Butterfly who Loved Jesus, would make a great first communion gift for your children or grandchildren and you are sure to love Fr. Cumming's homilies, Making God the Joy of Our Soul, as they have already touched many souls with their fervor and love for Christ!

Please read more about these books on this website.
Every book ordered will help to send a box of books to Russia.