{"id":5892,"date":"2021-01-12T13:47:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T13:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?p=5892"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:03:07","slug":"childhood-missionary-day-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/actualidad\/jornada-infancia-misionera-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"\"For many of these children the Church is their only family.\""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2013 Supernatural Missionary Childhood Day,<\/a> The event, which will be held on January 17, focuses this year's campaign on the Church's work with abandoned, malnourished and witchcraft-accused children in the Yendi area (Ghana).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pope director of OMP Spain<\/a>Jose Maria Calderon, Jose Maria Calderon<\/strong>In this year dedicated to the figure of St. Joseph, the missionary childhood campaign is framed in the return of the Holy Family from Egypt to Nazareth, a way to involve children and families in the missionary work of Catholic identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Msgr. Vincent Sowa Boi-Nai, <\/strong>Bishop of Yendi (Ghana) was the first of the guests to take the floor to explain the situation of children in his diocese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bishop distinguished four types of children that the Church, through the projects promoted with the help of the Pontifical Mission Societies, attends to: abused children, children with birth defects: blindness, lameness..., abandoned minors and \"brilliant\" children who need help to succeed in order to continue their studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first group, Msgr. Vincent Sowa Boi-Nai,<\/strong> has highlighted the work of the Sisters of St. Gilda who teach mothers how to grow their own vegetables, raise goats and sheep and prepare nutritious meals for the children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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