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CANELA’s mission is to provide value based education and job training to families in Latin America and Africa.

CANELA has found that value based education can help reduce crime, violence, bullying, gangs, the use of drugs, and young pregnancies. CANELA - The Catholic Association for the New Evangelization in Latin America and Africa - is a non-profit organization under Pennsylvania law. It is dedicated to creating awareness and raising funds to support the Catholic Church's evangelization efforts among Latin American and African peoples, working closely with local bishops, priests and pastoral workers. Though we support many projects which contribute to the material well being of Latin America and Africa, our priority and the condition for help is a direct effect on the transmission of the contents of the Catholic Faith.

10/20/2026

We often take it for granted that we can open a Bible and understand every word.

For many communities in Tanzania and Malawi, that only became possible when these books were translated into their own language. There's no internet, no translation app, no shortcut: just missionaries and local helpers working word by word, so people can finally read their faith in the words they speak at home. 📖

Look at these faces. This is what it means to receive the Gospel for the first time in your own language.

Faith grows when it is understood. 🙏

💬 Do you remember the first Bible or prayer book you ever had? Tell us in the comments.

🔁 If this moved you, share it with someone who would be touched by it.

▶️ Father Robert tells the full story on our YouTube channel. Link in the first comment.

10/15/2026

Google Translate works for hundreds of languages… but not for theirs. 🌍📖

That's why the Gospel in Tanzania and Malawi still depends on people, not apps.

▶️ Follow us on YouTube for the full story.

https://www.youtube.com/

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBRw58DIVJc&t=14s

🙏 Help bring the Gospel home: https://canelacharity.org/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=short&utm_campaign=language_barriers_gtranslate_en

10/12/2026

We tried Google Translate. It couldn't help. 🌍

Many of the local languages spoken in rural Tanzania and Malawi aren't available in any app, and when it comes to the Word of God, "almost right" isn't enough. So missionaries do it the human way: word by word, so every community can understand its faith. 📖🙏

▶️ Watch Father Robert's full story and follow us on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/

10/12/2026

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! With prayers!

09/22/2026

Last week, at the Basilica of Guadalupe, Father Robert paused during Mass to speak directly to those of us watching from afar.

His words: "We're praying for you in your suffering."

If you're carrying something heavy today, we hope this reaches you. 🙏

Watch the full Mass on the Basilica of Guadalupe's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGspzl6EhE
Learn about our mission: www.canelacharity.org

09/17/2026

Eight women. One "yes."

These are the newest Sisters to make their religious profession in Africa this year — young women who chose a life of poverty and service in places where the Church still struggles just to survive.

Their "yes" costs them everything the world tells them to want. Please keep them in your prayers today. 🙏

🙏 Please tag someone who needs to see this today.

09/16/2026

Father Pablo is doing well. Thank you for that. 🙏

This month's photo report also takes you to a dialysis chair in Mexico, a training session for full-time catechists in El Salvador, and a dirt path in Guatemala that only they can walk to reach the families a parish priest can visit just once in a while.

None of these priests receive a salary. What keeps their mission alive is people like you.

Swipe through to see where your support went this month. 👉

09/08/2026

It's not only priests and sisters who carry the faith forward – dedicated laypeople like Ignatius do too.

He teaches young people in his community in Africa, showing that faith lives through people who show up, no matter their role.

09/01/2026

From the launch to the classroom: this is how faith grows in Africa.
Laypeople and aspiring religious sisters learning together.
This is the School of Faith in Africa.

07/27/2026

What would you do if you had an accident in the jungle — with no doctor, no hospital, and no health insurance? 🏍️

This is Father John's reality. To reach the far side of his parish in western Zambia, he rides a rundown motorbike on roads that are really just mud paths through the jungle. He's crashed more times than he can count — the last time breaking his foot in several places, with no real way to get help.

❤️ Support missionary priests serving in places like this: https://canelacharity.org
👉 Watch the full story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPvM5RI8wAU

Share this — most people have no idea priests live like this.

Address

C/o Massucci & Assoc./648 Main Street
Evans City, PA
06479

Website

http://paypal.me/CANELAUSA

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